Vacation! Reviews
Vacation! premiered June 24, 2010 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Here is a sampling of the reviews:
Guy Lodge at incontention.com writes
“Vacation!” at least shares all the considerable virtues of its predecessor — from a killer new-wave soundtrack to a thoroughly grown-up understanding of female sexuality that couldn’t be more welcome in the summer of “Sex and the City 2.”
Mike Goodridge at screendaily.com sez
the vision is utterly contemporary, an edgy cocktail laced with longing and nihilism.
Caroline Whitham, writing for edfestmag.com, thinks
one thing really stood out: the soundtrack, thick with great tunes by Glass Candy and others, while sudden loud buzzing noises signal impending disaster or comedy. I can’t do it justice on the page, the only way to understand it is to see, and hear, it for yourself.
Alex at directorsnotes.com leaves us with
By the time the film concludes it’s hard not to feel conflicted about these characters, their decisions and their motivations. But, as the film rightly shows us, modern life and old friendships are never easy.
Last, and certainly not least, my new favorite film critic, Scott Macdonald, give us this gem
This is one of the most stunningly banal films I have seen in decades; one of the most inept bags of garbage that was ever shat into oblivion; one that makes me wish that Eye For Film had a zero star rating. Edward D Wood Jr, your time has finally come. At least his films weren't utterly boring.
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