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Average Critic Score: 20 (10 sources)

• 50
  

  
  Chicago Reader  |  Lisa Alspector
  

  The Griswolds, headed by Chevy Chase, are taking what could be one of their last family vacations. Read Full Review »
• 40
  

  
  Variety  |  Todd McCarthy
  

  Series regulars Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo and Randy Quaid (who joined for "Christmas Vacation") are all back for more, and thank God for Quaid, who injects a few bracing shots of mangy humor into what is otherwise a lukewarm brew. Read Full Review »
• 40
  

  
  Austin Chronicle  |  Russell Smith
  

  If you enjoy an occasional taste of mental junk food, you might find Las Vegas Vacation worthy of a springtime dollar-cinema visit. Otherwise, hold out another decade for sexagenarian Chevy in Palm Springs Vacation. Read Full Review »
• 38
  

  
  ReelViews  |  James Berardinelli
  

  Chase, like his Vacation movies, are things of the past. This is a series that should have died with the '80s. Instead, inexplicably, it has limped on into the '90s. Read Full Review »
• 30
  

  
  TV Guide  |  Ken Fox
  

  Chase is a veritable black-hole of mirthlessness who sucks every ounce of fun out what might otherwise be a fairly diverting comedy. Read Full Review »
• 25
  

  
  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Mick LaSalle
  

  Why, if Chase is such a funny guy, does he make such unfunny movies? Read Full Review »
• 20
  

  
  Washington Post  |  Bruce Walker
  

  After a somewhat promising opening, the movie falls flat. Read Full Review »
• 10
  

  
  The New York Times  |  Lawrence Van Gelder
  

  Throughout this lame film, directed by Stephen Kessler and written by Elisa Bell, situations are developed -- complicated directions to a hotel room, Clark clinging to the face of Hoover Dam, Ellen the object of Mr. Newton's seductive charm -- and left to wither without a payoff. Read Full Review »
• 0
  

  
  Christian Science Monitor  |  David Sterritt
  

  The Griswalds drive to Las Vegas "because half the fun is getting there," but the fun never begins in this disappointing sequel to the Vacation slapstick comedies. Read Full Review »
• 0
  

  
  Los Angeles Times  |  Jack Mathews
  

  There is nothing more memorable about Vegas Vacation than the flatness of the writing in Elisa Bell's script and the uninspired direction of first-timer Stephen Kessler. Read Full Review »