Is National Lampoon's European Vacation actually good?

National Lampoon's European Vacation sits in the 22.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 22.1% of them.

How does National Lampoon's European Vacation compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, National Lampoon's European Vacation lands in the 20.4% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is National Lampoon's European Vacation's score based on?

129 calibrated reviewers stand behind National Lampoon's European Vacation's score.

1985

global pct

22.1

Film · 1985 · Films · 1980s

National Lampoon's European Vacation

Name: National Lampoon's European Vacation
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1985

Scored from 129 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

22.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

20.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

8.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

129 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After winning a game show, the Griswold family embarks on a whirlwind tour of Europe, hitting London, Paris, the Bavarian Alps, and Rome. Clark's bumbling navigation and cultural mishaps turn every stop into a disaster, while a mysterious thief shadows them across the continent.

Released in 1985, National Lampoon's European Vacation is an adventure and comedy film.

The calibrated figure is built from 129 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 130 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus.

Is National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 129
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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