First of, this movie is not for everyone. Its infantile, over-the-top and pretty challenging. This movie crosses so many lines of todays correctness it would be cancelles before its release. Nothing is sacred here, the humor is sexist and makes fun of sexual harrasment all the time, even towards teenagers. But hey, those were the 80s: jumping right into the pool of any correctness. It works not because people werent aware of those issues, it works and worked back then BECAUSE they were aware of it. Humor has this comic relief about drama/trauma something apparently got lost. Besides touchy issues the whole movie is a wild ride of cliches and throws a middle finger towards it. Like every cliche family Griswald is the blueprint of uneducated, ignorant, uncultured Americans released onto Europeans. Trust me, every cliche about every country family Griswald is paying a visit is played out shamelessly.
You have to like this kind of humor and entertainment otherwise you are in for a bad ride.
