National Lampoon’s European Vacation

National Lampoon’s European Vacation arrived on Home Video this week in 1986, after a July 26th, 1985 theatrical release. The French are snooty. The English are incomprehensible. The Germans are, well, very German. Every country is boiled down to its most recognisable clichés, and the Griswolds barrel through all of it with the cheerful obliviousness … Read more

National Lampoon’s European Vacation arrived on Home Video today in 1986, after a July 26th, 1985 theatrical release. Sure, there’s a familiarity about European Vacation. The way Clark Griswold perpetually tries to wring meaning out of every moment of the trip, the kids constantly rolling their eyes, Ellen humouring him and trying to keep the … Read more