4.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Vacation (2015)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.7
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film primarily functions as a comedic road trip adventure focused on family bonding and the challenges of living up to idealized memories, without explicitly endorsing or critiquing specific political ideologies. Its solution centers on personal authenticity and genuine connection within the family unit, rather than any ideologically charged societal or political change.
The movie includes visible diversity in its supporting cast, featuring prominent minority actors in key roles. However, it refrains from explicit race or gender swaps of established characters. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of its traditional, white, heterosexual protagonists, without centering on or explicitly critiquing traditional identities or strong DEI themes.
Secondary
The film largely employs perceived LGBTQ+ traits and a gay couple for comedic effect, often relying on stereotypes and mockery. A brief, unelaborated mention of a lesbian engagement is present but insufficient to offset the overall problematic and stereotypical portrayals, resulting in a net negative impact.
The film "Vacation" includes a minor character, "Trucker," whose portrayal relies on gender ambiguity for crude comedic effect. The character is depicted stereotypically, and the humor stems from uncomfortable, suggestive interactions, contributing to a problematic and negative overall impact regarding transsexual themes.
The film is a comedy and does not feature any scenes where a female character engages in and wins direct physical combat against one or more male opponents. Female characters are not portrayed in significant action or combat roles.
The film features the return of established Griswold family characters (Clark, Ellen, Rusty, Audrey) who maintain their original genders from previous installments. No legacy characters were portrayed as a different gender.
The film is a direct sequel/reboot of the National Lampoon's Vacation series. Key legacy characters like Clark, Ellen, Rusty, and Audrey Griswold are portrayed by actors of the same race as their established canonical depictions. No character established as one race in prior installments is portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
6.3
Critic Ratings
2.7
3.4
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