The 2015 reboot of Vacation—its title now notably missing the National Lampoon seal of "quality"—follows the grown-up version of the original film's son, Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms), as he recreates his disastrous childhood journey to the Walley World theme park. There are tons of callbacks, of course, from a hot blonde in a red convertible, to an interrupted romantic moment in a body of chlorinated water, to cameos by original Griswolds Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) and Clark (Chevy Chase)—even the old Wagon Queen Family Truckster comes out to take a spin. Like the film it's based on, Vacation strives to maintain the aforementioned qualities of subversiveness, disgustingness, and political incorrectness, falling flat (looking at you, awkward stabs at racial humor) almost as often as it scores. It's a spirited tribute among a rash of far more embarrassing reboots (looking at you, Dumb and Dumber To), but there's only so much mileage you can get from nostalgia. by Marjorie Skinner