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Vacation

Vacation

What could go wrong?

20156.31h 39m

Overview

Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.

Directed by John Francis Daley
Written by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, John Hughes
Produced by David Dobkin, Chris Bender
Box OfficeBudget: $31.0MRevenue: $104.4M

Top Cast

Ed Helms

Ed Helms

Rusty Griswold

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate

Debbie Griswold

Skyler Gisondo

Skyler Gisondo

James Griswold

Steele Stebbins

Steele Stebbins

Kevin Griswold

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth

Stone Crandall

Leslie Mann

Leslie Mann

Audrey Griswold

Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

Clark Griswold

Beverly D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo

Ellen Griswold

Charlie Day

Charlie Day

Chad

Catherine Missal

Catherine Missal

Adena

Themes & Keywords

route 66vacationgrand canyondysfunctional familyroad tripsequelfamily vacationamusement parkroller coaster / rollercoastertheme parkairplane pilotchildhood memorycomedy of errorshilarious

About Vacation

Vacation is a comedy, adventure film released in 2015 exploring themes of route 66, vacation, grand canyon, dysfunctional family, road trip, sequel. Directed by John Francis Daley, it stars Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo. Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.

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