Vacation (2015 film)
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| Based on | Characters by John Hughes |
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| Music by | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography | Barry Peterson |
| Edited by | Jamie Gross |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $31 million |
| Box office | $104.9 million |
Vacation is a 2015 American comedy film written and directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (in their directorial debuts). It stars Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Leslie Mann, Chris Hemsworth, Beverly D'Angelo, and Chevy Chase. It is the fifth installment of the Vacation film series serving as both a modernized reboot and a sequel to the original four films. It is also the second not to carry the National Lampoon name after Vegas Vacation, and was released by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. on July 29, 2015. Vacation has received negative reviews from critics but it was a box office success, earning $104.9 million on a $31 million budget.
Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) is now an adult working as a pilot for a low budget airline called Econo-Air, and shares a stale relationship with his wife Debbie (Christina Applegate) and their two sons, their shy and awkward 14-year-old son James (Skyler Gisondo), and their sadistic and intimidating 12-year-old son Kevin (Steele Stebbins). The gloating from his friends Jack (Keegan-Michael Key) and Nancy Peterson (Regina Hall) about a family trip they had in Paris doesn't help his situation. He desires to relive the fun of his family vacations from his childhood (such as their trip to Vegas, Europe, Walley World, and even staying home for Christmas). These memories prompt him to abandon his family's annual trip to their cabin in Cheboygan, Michigan (which the rest of the family secretly hate) and instead drive cross country to Walley World, just like he did years before with his parents and sister. For the trip, Rusty hires a Tartan Prancer, an ugly, over-complicated Albanian SUV.
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