Vacation 4K Review: 2015 Comedy Is Worth Another Shot By 2015’s Vacation was the legacy sequel to the Vacation line of movies, and since I loved the original films starring Chevy Chase ...
I didn’t see it. Why ruin a good thing? However, with the release of the Vacation 4K UHD and having loved directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s and , I figured I’d give it a chance. You know what? While it’s not Daley and Goldstein’s best work, it’s actually a lot of fun.
“The next generation of Griswolds is at is again — and on the road for another ill-fated adventure. Following in his father’s footsteps, a grown-up Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) surprises his wife, Debbie (Christina Applegate), and their sons with a cross-country road trip back to America’s ‘favorite family fun park,’ Walley World,” says the official description of the Vacation 4K. First off, the film has a good meta sense of humor about Rusty’s desire to take his family to Walley World.
“We’re not redoing anything,” Ed Helms’ Rusty says before telling his son that it doesn’t matter that he hasn’t heard of the original vacation as “the new vacation will stand on its own.” It’s a good way to approach the film, as it’s not a classic like 1983’s , but it leverages its history well and has plenty of well-written jokes that deliver laughs. That seems good enough to me.
After all, why else are we watching a comedy movie if not to laugh? Besides some sharp writing, w.
