National Lampoon's European Vacation

Starring:Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, John Astin, Sheila Kennedy, Paul Bartel, Cynthia Szigeti, Malcolm Danare, Kevi Kendall, Tricia Lange, William Zabka, Wendy Goldman, Angus MacKay, Julie Wooldridge, Peter Hugo, Jeannette Charles, Derek Deadman, Mel Smith, Gwen Nelson
Director: Amy Heckerling
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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After winning a tour package in a game show, the bickering Griswald family carve a trail of destruction through England (where they knock over Stonehenge), France, Germany, and Italy. Somehow Ellen (Bevery D'Angelo), the mom, gets kidnapped by gangsters, leading to a car chase that reunites the family, despite their differences. It's hard to believe that National Lampoon's European Vacation is only the second of the Vacation movies; it has the exhausted pallor of the last of a long series of sequels, drained of all zest or original ideas. The charmless smirk of Chevy Chase, mechanical in its idiocy, hangs over European Vacation like a death mask. It's hard to believe that this hack was once the funny and sexy hero of Foul Play. D'Angelo keeps her chin up and gives the movie whatever class it may have; she deserves better. --Bret Fetzer

Description

The Griswalds are on vacation again when they win a deluxe tour of the old world and take on the European continent -- the continent loses.

Customer Reviews:

National Lampoon's European Vacation.......2007-04-04

I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the movie arrived. Also, the disc was in immaculate condition and didn't skip. Overall very enjoyable movie and excellent service from Amazon.

Typical National Lampoon Humor.......2007-01-04

I saw this movie, originally, when it came out in theatres. I loved it then, I love it now. It's not a thinking-man's movie. When you just want to laugh and be entertained, this is a good movie to watch. There are a lot of good one-liners in this movie.

The best of the Vacation series.......2006-10-27

I liked the first in the Vacation series but didn't really find anything truly can't-stop-laughing hilarious. Since I was born a few years after the first two Vacations were released, the movies' 80s-tinged comedic moments didn't really appeal to me. European Vacation is the only movie in the series I could say I really enjoyed. Beverly D'Angelo continues giving a great performance as Mom, especially when she gets drunk after realizing Chevy Chase's character accidentally left some private "footage" on his camera when it turned into a European porn video. But the standout performance here really comes from former child actress Dana Hill as an love-infatuated diet-obsessed teenage Audrey (trust me, she is hilarious!). The antics the family get into aren't believable and it's a surprise to see how Chevy's character Clark even is allowed to book a trip (let alone be in charge of one after his horrible attempts before), but in the end European Vacation makes for a hearty laugh nevertheless.

Problems with audio.......2006-08-22

This is a review of the DVD itself, not the movie (not sure why people seem to want to review the movie itself in this forum).

Overall, a good quality reproduction of the original. (This version does have the topless scenes, for those that have children...) However, the audio is not surround. When you play through a 5.1 speaker system, all the audio goes straight to the center speaker. I am not sure if this was a problem with the disc I received or the DVD in general.

Extras: There are no deleted scenes. The only worthwhile extra is Chevy Chase's commentary, which is actually quite funny and revealing.

Classier than film one.......2006-07-16

Although the original Audrey in National Lampoon's Vacaction was a really cute girl (I had a crush on her when I saw the film in 1983) Dana Hill does a fairly good bit replacing her here. Chase and D'Angelo are back in top form (especially D'angelo) as the Griswold parents. I love Mrs. Griswold's stripping scene she performs in fron't of her husband's camera. The European locations beat the scenes of Chicago and the southwest from film one in giving the 2nd film much more sophistication. Eric Idle is painful to watch (like he is in all his non-Python work) in an irregular series of cameos.

Vacation & European Vacation (Aniv Amar)

Average customer rating:

Great value on two funny movies
Vacation & European Vacation
Yes, it is in widescreen!!!!

Vacation & European Vacation (Aniv Amar)
Starring: National Lampoon's Vacation Double Feature
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000G1R4RA
Release Date: 2006-09-12

Description

Everything is planned, everything is packed, everything will go hilariously wrong: The Griswolds are going on vacation! In the trend-setting original National Lampoon's Vacation [Side A], Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) is at the wheel of the station wagon, headed for 2,640 miles of forced family togetherness as the Griswolds (with Aunt Edna on the roof!) motor to Wally World. The superb cast includes John Candy as an officious security guard, and Randy Quaid as crude Cousin Eddie - with friends like these, who needs enemies? The theme park may have (somehow) survived, but Stonehenge becomes unhinged when Clark next leads the family across the pond in National Lampoon's European Vacation [Side B]. Go ahead, take a Vacation.

Customer Reviews:

Great value on two funny movies.......2007-05-10

If you like the vacation movies this is a great value - both movies in widescreen in excellent condition.

Vacation & European Vacation.......2007-02-08

Love Chevy Chase!! Timeless classics, I watch these on rainy day weekends! Great pick me up! Amazon was great with the shipping and quality of products.

Yes, it is in widescreen!!!!.......2006-10-01

There was some concern that this DVD may not be in widesreen format but it cetainly is. Both movies are in beautful 1.85:1 aspect ratio. They both have a lot of extras and it seems the original 1983 Vacation here has all of the features of the Special Edition PLUS European Vacation as a bonus for the same price? Even though European Vacation is really an inferior sequel, why not have it if you get for free?

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