Product Details

• Actors: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, John Astin
• Directors: Amy Heckerling
• Writers: John Hughes, Robert Klane
• Producers: Matty Simmons, Stuart Cornfeld
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), French (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Georgian, Chinese, Thai
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: April 2, 2002
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005Y71D
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,717 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "National Lampoon's European Vacation" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

After winning a tour package in a game show, the bickering Griswald family carve a trail of destruction through England (where they knock over Stonehenge), France, Germany, and Italy. Somehow Ellen (Bevery D'Angelo), the mom, gets kidnapped by gangsters, leading to a car chase that reunites the family, despite their differences. It's hard to believe that National Lampoon's European Vacation is only the second of the Vacation movies; it has the exhausted pallor of the last of a long series of sequels, drained of all zest or original ideas. The charmless smirk of Chevy Chase, mechanical in its idiocy, hangs over European Vacation like a death mask. It's hard to believe that this hack was once the funny and sexy hero of Foul Play. D'Angelo keeps her chin up and gives the movie whatever class it may have; she deserves better. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

The Griswalds are on vacation again when they win a deluxe tour of the old world and take on the European continent -- the continent loses.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

62 of 64 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Zero stars. Please don't buy this. March 5, 2003

By Richard Bennett

Format:DVD

I'm flabbergasted that they put the dumbed-down tv version of this movie on dvd and not the theatrical version. They took scenes out, changed scenes and dubbed dialog to create this mess of a dvd. Not only that, but the movie looks funny. The aspect ratio they used makes the movie look weird. I was eagerly waiting for this funny, well-done movie to be released on dvd and I am bitterly disappointed at this made-for-tv garbage. This tv version will only appeal to an unsophisticated mass audience.

Attention Warner Home Video: If you are reading this, you need to issue a press release in which you apologize for this garbage and then announce that you will release an uncut version of the movie on dvd.

69 of 72 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT the original theatrical version! September 19, 2003

By T. Charlton

Format:DVD

This is NOT the original version!!! I'm very disappointed that Amazon.com didn't disclose this information. Scenes are missing and parts are dubbed over. Funny parts are still funny but it's just not the same. I feel duped.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Rating the disc, not the movie. October 5, 2010

By Dr. Sam Beckett

Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase

I of course love the first two "Vacation" movies and I always will. So I was excited to see this come out on Blu-Ray. Sadly, this is yet another "cas grab" Blu-Ray that is nothing more than an upconverted DVD in disguise - grainy picture, mediocre sound. You're better off saving a few dollars and getting the DVD instead, as you'll get the exact same home theater experience.