# National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

> A well-meaning suburban father drives his family across America toward a dream amusement-park vacation while every carefully planned promise of perfection collapses into comic chaos.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6173

## Facts

- Runtime: 99 min
- Genres: Comedy, Adventure
- Director: Harold Ramis
- Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, Dana Barron, Eddie Bracken, Brian Doyle-Murray
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085995/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Mood: witty, irreverent, breezy, lazy sunday, road trip movie night

## Synopsis

A family's cross-country road trip turns into a hilarious disaster filled with misadventures and unexpected detours.

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