Retro Cinema: National Lampoon's European Vacation

Published: August 23, 2007, 7:01 am

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Filed under: Comedy, Warner Brothers, Fandom, Home Entertainment, Remakes and Sequels, Summer Movies, Retro Cinema The hills are alive with the sound of Griswold! This s**t's been around for a very long time! -- Clark W. Griswold (Chevy Chase) I'm reviewing all the films in the Vacation series this week, and in preparation I've been re-watching each of the movies. I thought I'd be able to save myself some time and skip National Lampoon's European Vacation, as I just saw it again a couple of months ago. Then I took a seat at the computer and realized I couldn't remember a damn thing about the film. I saw it a few times growing up, I saw it very recently, and yet nothing was sticking out in my mind. European Vacation is that kind of movie -- not terrible necessarily, just instantly and powerfully forgettable. The movie would seem to have everything going for it. Sure, Harold Ramis was out as director, but was replaced by the great Amy Heckerling (whom I recently saw at an Elvis

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