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.
Acting
Chris Hemsworth's abs get top billing. The man commits to stupid.
Practical Effects
That Albanian death trap car deserves its own spinoff.
Director
John Francis Daley
Ed Helms
Rusty Griswold
Christina Applegate
Debbie Griswold
Skyler Gisondo
James Griswold
Steele Stebbins
Kevin Griswold
Chris Hemsworth
Stone Crandall
Leslie Mann
Audrey Griswold
Chevy Chase
Clark Griswold
Beverly D'Angelo
Ellen Griswold
Charlie Day
Chad
Catherine Missal
Adena
Ron Livingston
Ethan
Norman Reedus
Trucker
Keegan-Michael Key
Jack Peterson
Regina Hall
Nancy Peterson
Emyri Crutchfield
Sheila Peterson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo's cameo was filmed in one day, and Chase reportedly improvised most of his lines.
This was John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein's directorial debut before taking over The Flash and Dungeons & Dragons—quite the career trajectory from cow carcass jokes.
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