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Vacation

2015 · 99 min

A chaotic, gag-filled road trip that piles on crude mishaps and awkward family moments for easy laughs.

Tagline: What could go wrong?
Overview: Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
parenthood
identity
love
betrayal
Places: road trip
suburbs
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	8
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, adventure
Directed by: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Written by: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Starring: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Chris Hemsworth, Leslie Mann, Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo
Music: Mark Mothersbaugh
Cinematography: Barry Peterson
Runtime: 99 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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