Review of Vacation

. . . than does VACATION. If you had some foreign friends dropping by on their first visit to the U.S., you couldn't go wrong in taking them to see VACATION. This film is chock full of vital survival tips (for instance, most long-haul truckers are serial pedophiles) and timely travel advice (such as the fact that Arkansas is our wittiest state, if you substitute and "sh" for the "w"). From Sex Education (a father explaining "rim jobs" to his son) to Agribusiness (cattle are cannibals), VACATION will help U.S. newcomers to separate the rocks from the tumbleweeds. Whenever VACATION gets a whimsical opportunity to improve upon the American Dream--whether by planting a nonexistent towering waterfall inside our Grand Canyon or by plopping down an imaginary theme park next to the Santa Monica Pier--it does so. Since "bathroom humor" is widely considered to be the epitome of American wit, VACATION inserts some of it at least every two minutes. And for its climax in the "Velociraptor Ride" line, VACATION depicts the American Golden Rule: If someone else owns what you really want, just beat the living Heck out of them, and steal it!