The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

There's some funny stuff here while traveling to Europe with the Griswalds. Full of misadventures, slapstick humor, action, and a little raunchy fun. It's wild comedy from the family's European tour from start to finish. A fast-paced plot with some wild acting. Grade B

European Vacation is a good movie with a well developed storyline a good comedic cast.I was certainly disappointed by this movie,because after seeing the first one,I thought seeing the Griswolds going to Europe would just be even more fun,but it wasn't,but this movie still is filled with some very funny scenes.Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo are still in good form in this movie,and they are certainly the highlight,they are filled with positive energy and there is great chemistry between the two of them.I found Audrey,who is played by a different actor than she was in the first,was extremely annoying and certainly the worst part,she didn't make me laugh once.European Vacation is certainly disappointing,but fans of the first should still definitely enjoy.After entering a game show,the Griswolds win a trip to Europe,but while they're there one problem after another comes along.Best Performance: Chevy Chase Worst Performance: Dana Hill

After winning the grand prize on a painfully stupid and embarrassing game show, the "Griswald" (formerly, and later, Griswold) family, are off to wreck havoc in the UK, France, and Germany, on a painfully unfunny Euro- tour.Attractive scenery left and right, but film is sexist and unfunny.Stereotypical behavior on the part of the Griswalds, as well as the people they encounter in Europe, was not funny, only formulaic (obnoxious Americans interacting with obnoxious French/ English, etc.). Listening to Audrey whining endlessly about her guy who has just dumped her gets tiresome quickly, but it just goes on for most of the rest of the film.It doesn't seem like there was a point, or final destination here, just the family wandering aimlessly around western Europe, getting into increasingly contrived situations.Some of the situations in the first film were slightly outlandish, but for the most part, that film was believable. This sequel is so far out in left field that none of its situations are believable. Knocking Stonehenge over like dominos? Are we supposed to believe that? Getting involved with thieves in Italy? Highly unlikely. Making a sex video, which is stolen, and becomes a hit movie in cinemas? Not very likely, either. The plane bouncing off the Statue Of Liberty's arm and knocking over its torch? I don't imagine that could happen, either.Chase over does it this time with his terminally stupid character. D'Angelo still looks sexy, but she has no material to work with here.The kids this time around (Jason Lively and Dana Hill) are awful: Lively looks like a 6'2" grade schooler, and Hill is whining almost all throughout.

A Sequel to the very enjoyable Vacation, 'European Vacation' turns out to be a good sequel, offering slap-stick humor & non-sense all through. Don't look for logic in here!'European Vacation' Synopsis: The Griswalds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.'European Vacation' gets it right, as the humor works. Sure, it makes no sense, but again, slap-stick comedies are not meant to be taken seriously. Screenplay by John Hughes & Robert Klane is funny, offering aplenty of ridiculously moments in the goings-on. Amy Heckerling's Direction is ordinary. The Cinematography captures the exotic locales of Europe perfectly. Performance-Wise: Chevy Chase leads the film with a winning performance. He's in complete form. Beverly D'Angelo is spunky. Dana Hill & Jason Lively are okay. John Astin is passable. On the whole, 'European Vacation' does work.