GRISWOLDS-GIVING: Vegas Vacation (1997)
It’s honestly better than you think…
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of misogyny, gambling addiction, sex workers, teen gambling.
Our movie this week is often thrown out as an absolute low point for Chevy Chase’s career. After a pretty dull run through the late 80’s and a disastrous attempt at a late-night talk show, Chevy clearly made a money grab for the character that made him America’s most oblivious dad. This time, though, the adults take a backseat to the kids, and Rusty and Audrey get major upgrades in writing and, honestly, acting from Mac & Maud faves Ethan Embry and Marisol Nichols. Mostly, though, the movie has a plot, sticks to it, and gives us some decent laughs along the way. And from a franchise like this, that’s about the best you can ask for. We review Vegas Vacation on this week’s episode of Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Excerpt used from “Holiday Road,” written and performed by Lindsey Buckingham. Copyright 1983 Now Sounds Music (BMI). Phonographic copyright 1983 Warner Bros. Records.
Clips from the film Vegas Vacation are copyright 1985 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.
Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
