Color me disappointed. Granted, I shouldn’t have expected very much, with this essentially being a fifteen minute commercial for Homeaway.com, but when I was sent this short film sequel to the Clark Griswold Vacation series, I was hoping for a little of the magic that the previous movies had. The original Vacation and Christmas Vacation are still two of my favorite comedies – it’s tough to beat Chevy Chase and his comedic timing in his prime (unless you’re Bill Murray in his prime, of course). It seems like they used all of their money up on their 30-second Super Bowl spot though, resulting in some cheap production, haphazard editing, and plain unfunny writing.

I know, I know. I shouldn’t have had any expectations for this sort of thing, especially considering it is more or less a commercial and Chase hasn’t starred in a funny movie since the 80s, but hey… give me a break. I’m an optimist. It’s my curse.