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Article: `Johnson Family Vacation'.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- April 6, 2004
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Byline: Allison Benedikt
At the beginning of "Johnson Family Vacation," the unfunny stepchild of "National Lampoon's Vacation," a father reminisces: "Back in my day the whole album had to be good."
Well, in my day (which is to say, today), the whole movie has to be good too.
Traveling from California to Missouri in a Lincoln Navigator _ the station wagon of the 21st Century _ are Nate (Cedric The Entertainer), his estranged wife, Dorothy (Vanessa Williams), son D.J. (Bow Wow, no longer little), teenage daughter Nikki (Solange Knowles) and youngest Destiny (Gabby Soleil).
On the way to the Johnson family reunion, road trip hilarity ...