National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

Directed by

Amy Heckerling

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 1,003 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Griswold family wins a trip to Europe. They bounce from country to country causing a series of silly disasters.

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What happens

National Lampoon's European Vacation is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Robert Klane based on characters created by John Hughes. The second installment in National Lampoon's Vacation film series, it stars Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, Victor Lanoux, and Eric Idle with special appearances by John Astin, Paul Bartel, Maureen Lipman, Willy Millowitsch, Mel Smith, and Moon Zappa. It tells the story of the Griswold family when they win an all-expense-paid trip to Europe as chaos of all sorts occur. National Lampoon's European Vacation was released by Warner Bros. on July 26, 1985. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was a financial success, grossing $49.3 million against a $17 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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