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	Johnson Family Vacation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johnson Family Vacation is an American comedy film directed by Christopher Erskin, released on April 7, 2004 by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
		The plot deals with a family engaged in a road trip, taking them across the country to a family reunion.
		Critics generally thought the movie was a bland rip-off of the popular Chevy Chase Vacation films.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnson_Family_Vacation (201 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation ('04) - Review - Stumped? - Stumped At the Video Store is a Magazine About Movies, DVD ...
		Cedric the Entertainer stars in Johnson Family Vacation as Nate Johnson, the consummate family man who wants nothing more than to take his family on a cross-country trip to his mother’s house in St. Louis in order to attend the Johnson family reunion.
		Not only does the film open with Nate and his son, DJ (Bow wow), stopping at an auto dealership to pick up their new car only to learn that they’ve been given the wrong model, but it features a host of other shockingly similar parallels.
		Surprisingly, Erskin seems to have gotten into this as well, once giving Williams reason to refer to their family’s planned trip to see the world’s largest ball of yarn; in Vacation, the Griswold’s were planning to see the world’s largest ball of twine.
	stumpedmagazine.com /reviews/johnson-family-vacation.html (576 words)

	SCREEN IT! ARTISTIC REVIEW: JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION
		Comedy: A family must deal with various trials and tribulations as they drive halfway across the country to attend a reunion.
		Yet, where the Griswolds' antics and adventures were fun if dumb, the Johnsons' are a painful, 90-some minute trip filled with enough cinematic potholes, detours and absolute comedic gridlock to put even the chirpiest traveler in a bad mood.
		If you don't want to experience the equivalent of a painful family road trip crammed into an hour and a half of pure movie misery, you'd be wise to take a wide berth around this lame, forced and decidedly unfunny comedy.
	www.screenit.com /ourtake/2004/johnson_family_vacation.html (935 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nate Johnson:, But you wouldn't have to create the sun if you knew that Mack was gon' be sittin over there in that bright yellow shirt lookin all sunny side up like a rootie tootie, fresh and fruity
		Johnson Family Vacation is a very stupid comedy that's really not worth watching.
		Cedric the Entertainer plays Nate Johnson, a family man who agrees to take his brood across country to Missouri for the annual family reunion.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0359517 (826 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		The Johnson's are on their way to a family reunion and experience one roadside emergency after another.
		Basically a glorified sitcom, Johnson Family Vacation depicts the predictable misadventures of the Johnson family clan during their three-day drive from Los Angeles to the annual family reunion in Missouri.
		In Johnson Family Vacation, the barrel-chested comedian resorts to mugging in a futile attempt to wring laughs from a lame screenplay by sitcom veterans Earl Richey Jones and Todd R. Jones.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=138990 (690 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
		Nate Johnson (Cedric the Entertainer) is a mild-mannered Los Angelean who sets off on the open road with his family in a newly-rented, pimped-out Lincoln Navigator.
		Furthermore, the Johnson family is an insufferable, one-dimensional lot—a far cry from the likable Griswald clan.
		When the Johnson's finally arrive at their family reunion in Missouri (let it be known it looks more like the Hollywood Hills than the Midwest), it is understandable for the viewer to expect the story to wind down.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/j/04_johnsonfamily.htm (889 words)

	Louisville Scene \| Movies \| Movie Review \| 'Johnson Family Vacation' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		But while some vacation families showcase a tightly knit family unraveled by a parade of disasters, the Johnsons start off in disarray and grow increasingly together during their misadventures.
		Nate Johnson (Cedric) is a married version of the guy in the beer commercials.
		She only agrees to the cross-country trip so she won't be a topic of gossip at the Johnson family reunion.
	www.courier-journal.com /scene/2004/04/08/movie_johnsonfamily.html (450 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation Review Movie Review Film Johnson Family Vacation: Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa A. Williams, ...
		Suffice to say Johnson Family Vacation is a punishing and weary family farce that teeters along at a surprisingly lame and interminable pace.
		As for the goings-on involving the Johnson Family and the rickety road trip through mediocrity, the monotonous moments are as lost and aimless as a harried nomad with amnesia.
		Before Nate and his family can arrive at their destination, the distractions they endure along the way are arduous in terms of the recurring shaky run-ins.
	www.movieeye.com /reviews/read_movie_review/2044.html (1354 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation - Movie Review
		Johnson Family Vacation captures the experience of a road trip very well: the long stretches of boredom, the frustration that nothing exciting is up ahead, the failure to get comfortable.
		Nate is determined to snatch the coveted “Family of the Year” award from his older brother Mack (Steve Harvey), a smooth talker who is always smiling.
		Johnson is actually a retread of National Lampoon’s Vacation, but without any of the quirks or memorable characters that made most of the movies in the series so enjoyable.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/johnsonfamilyvacation (656 words)

	"Johnson Family Vacation" / a review and/or comments from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		At the family reunion, Mac greets his brother with discouraging titles such as, “the second mistake, the second born.” During prayer over their bountiful feast, the two brothers pray for a mixture of blessings while reminding God of each other’s misfortunes.
		The overall message of the film seems to be that it is difficult for a father to balance the desires of his family while at the same time exhibiting a leadership role and humility — and that love and respect is most important within families.
		When the family is driving and they see a nun hitch hiking, the father speeds up, then comes to a quick stop when he sees a like 17 year old girl wearing a short mini skirt.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2004/johnsonfamilyvacation.html (1270 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation (2004) - About the Production
		The JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION is destined for mayhem from the very start – if only because it involves the Johnsons, a high-spirited modern American family of opinionated individualists who know what they want and are always ready and willing to battle one another to get it.
		Nate’s biggest rival in the family, apart from his wife, is D.J., his only son, who dreams of being a hip-hop artist despite being warned by his father that hip-hop doesn’t come with medical and dental benefits.
		Because so much of JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION takes place in the Navigator, many scenes were shot on a stage, in front of a green screen, inside a specially modified Navigator with parts of the body cutaway to allow all kinds of different interior camera angles.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /johnson_family_about.htm (3470 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation
		Johnson Family Vacation is no groundbreaker, but it's an easygoing, earthy comedy that's a good showcase for the robust comic gifts of Cedric the Entertainer.
		Johnson Family Vacation, a played-out spin on the old Chevy Chase Vacation movies, is one of those bombs that makes you sit and curse the darkness.
		Johnson Family Vacation affords the viewer a single offering of suspense in wondering just how the mode of transportation (a very souped-up Lincoln) will be destroyed.
	rottentomatoes.com /m/johnson_family_vacation (1052 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation - Movie Review
		The family road-trip is a tried-and-tested breeding ground for sniping, bickering, deep discomfort and needing the toilet.
		The premise is pretty much what you'd expect from the title: there's this family called the Johnsons, and they're going on vacation (well, actually they're headed for a mass family reunion, but it's a vacation of sorts).
		Among the predictably-dysfunctional Johnson clan is the annoying-loud father Nate (Cedric the Entertainer), his estranged missus Dorothy (an embarrassed-looking Vanessa Williams), midriff-baring daughter Nikki (Solange "Beyonce's sister" Knowles), hip-hop-lovin' son D.J. (rapper-in-my-pocket Bow Wow) and family runt Destiny (Gabby Soleil).
	www.movie-gazette.com /cinereviews/1220 (557 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation \| AccessAtlanta
		I mean, when Cedric the Entertainer and his family take off on their "Johnson Family Vacation," the result is a surprisingly family-friendly comedy.
		They're headed to Nate's annual family reunion in Missouri -- a three-day trek that proves as disastrous as Gilligan's three-hour tour.
		"Johnson Family Vacation" asks its star to go in a different direction from his established persona -- which is probably intentional since Cedric also produced.
	www.accessatlanta.com /movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/J/johnsonfamilyvacation.html (468 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation (2004): Reviews
		Nate Johnson (Cedric the Entertainer) sets out on a cross-country trek from California to Missouri, with three unruly kids and one unsatisfied wife in tow, in order to attend the Johnson clan's annual reunion/grudge match.
		The direction on Johnson Family Vacation is numbingly slack; the synapses between the scenes don't spark effortlessly, as they should, and the whole enterprise feels dragged-down and belabored.
		Johnson Family Vacation is simply a bad trip.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/johnsonfamilyvacation (796 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
		Although Vacation is a good launching point for an update, Johnson fails to improve on the earlier model or even remotely approach its pleasures.
		Johnson Family Vacation includes some good talent, and an update of Vacation is a premise ripe for exploration.
		Johnson Family Vacation appears in both an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 and in a fullscreen version on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the widescreen image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	www.dvdmg.com /johnsonfamilyvacation.shtml (1982 words)

	A Movie Parable: Johnson Family Vacation
		Johnson Family Vacation is billing itself as a comedy but it is so tediously dull and unfunny that it leads us to wonder if the folks out there in Hollywood have completely lost their judgment, their taste, or their minds.
		At stake is a trophy for "family of the year" - an honor that his overly competitive brother (Steve Harvey) has claimed for the past three years and has every intention of keeping.
		The one redeeming element to the film is the cute and (as yet) unspoiled presence of little Gabby Soleil who plays the youngest Johnson.
	www.christiancritic.com /mov2004/johnson.asp (537 words)

	Reviewguy Online-Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
		His main purpose behind the trip is to win the Johnson Family prize at the family reunion‚ and wrestle away bragging rights from his older brother Max played by Steve Harvey.
		The only semblance that these two films have is the fact that it is a film about Vacation‚ and that each takes their families along.
		Maybe it is the fact that it is a family vacation‚ the key word being family.
	www.reviewguyonline.com /RGjohnsonfamilyvacation.html (450 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation
		Even the onboard navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match.
		Johnson Family Vacation is basically an update of Chevy Chase's National Lampoons Vacation, although its a poor imitation.
		Johnson Family Vacation was bland, predictable and fell into the many trappings of poor movie making.
	www.dvd-dweeb.com /reviews/johnsonfamily.htm (684 words)

	Reviews by Chris Utley: Johnson Family Vacation
		Classic family fables are retold, cousins who played together as children come together to play as adults, old sibling rivalries are revived; but itâ€™s all in the spirit of love.
		Problem is, his family is in the midst of being torn apart.
		Nateâ€™s mission - or rather obsession - is to put these family dysfunctions aside for the sake of winning that precious trophy - not to mention impressing his mother, who never approved of Nateâ€™s marriage to Dorothy and would dance for joy at the mere thought of their marriage failing.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /comments/chris/2004/04/johnson-family-vacation.html (896 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation
		Watching Johnson Family Vacation is like watching somebody's vacation videos - there is a feeling of being trapped, stuck at the mercy of whoever is narrating their boring experiences.
		He plays Nate Johnson, insurance salesman and family man. The Johnsons are crossing the country from the Los Angeles suburbs to Missouri, site of the Johnson family reunion.
		He has also won the family of the year award at the reunion for a number of years running.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/johnson_family_vacation.html (559 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It seems the Johnson family is very competitive, and at each yearâs reunion one branch of the Johnson tree is awarded a âFamily of the Yearâ trophy based on who wins the most events at the reunion.
		So he needs to convince her and the rest of the family that they must all act like one big happy family at the reunion so theyâll be eligible for the trophy.
		The family stops at an Indian casinoâ”apparently it had been just a small Indian trading post in Nateâs youthâ”and one âIndianâ puts on a faux Indian outfit to satisfy Nate that itâs the same place he remembers.
	www.pluggedinonline.com /movies/movies/a0001721.cfm (1016 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION (xhtml) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Cedric the Entertainer can be a breakout comic force if given the least opportunity, but "Johnson Family Vacation" tames him in a routine cross-country comedy that feels exactly like a series of adventures recycled out of every other cross-country comedy.
		Nate (Cedric) lives in the family house with his son DJ (Bow Wow), while his wife, Dorothy (Vanessa L. Williams), teenage daughter Nikki (Solange Knowles) and preschooler Destiny (Gabby Soleil) have moved into a second house nearby.
		The rest of the family consists mostly of extras, and the Johnsons seem to be on their way home again after only a few hours.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040407/REVIEWS/404070301/1023 (544 words)

	DVD Review: Johnson Family Vacation (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Johnson Family Vacation follows Nate Johnson and his family as they make their way to a family reunion on the road.
		Watching this movie is like talking to a 6 year old who likes to tell "jokes" that he "makes up" - you want to laugh, but eventually it gets so grating that you tell the brat to shut his mouth.
		Johnson Family Vacation is such a shameless crib from the Chevy Chase vacation movies, that you wonder why nobody has sued the creators for plagiarism.
	www.lightsoutfilms.com /dvd_johnsonvacation.html (710 words)

	Johnson Family Vacation
		The script is so disjointed and lazily written by writers Todd R. Jones and Earl Richey Jones that "Johnson Family Vacation" gives the actors nothing to work with but a bunch of clichés.
		An ongoing rivalry with his condescending older brother, Mack, played by Steve Harvey, whose own family routinely wins the title of "Johnson Family of the Year," partly fuels his desire to attend.
		Parents to a brood of three, Nate and Dorothy’s oldest daughter, Nikki (Solange Knowles, Beyoncé’s baby sister) is a label queen, who’d rather be at the mall than caught dead on a family vacation.
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /rmc/J/johnson_family_vacation.htm (524 words)

	SCREEN IT! PARENTAL REVIEW: JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION
		Some characters hit or struggle with others (played for comedy), while other physical contact occurs, and some tense family material includes brotherly competition and a father and mother who are separated and living in separate houses.
		A large tow truck stops near the family's SUV and some suspenseful music plays as we see only parts of the driver as he approaches, carrying a large wrench (but it turns out to be Uncle Earl).
		He tries to avoid various people and nearly makes it back when a family of four (including two young kids) spot him in the lobby (we don't see anything beyond their reaction).
	www.screenit.com /movies/2004/johnson_family_vacation.html (2742 words)

	KidScore Movie Reviews Johnson Family Vacation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nate insists that his family pack up and drive cross-country to his family reunion in Missouri.
		Along the way, the family encounters a devil-worshipping hitchhiker, challenges an 18-wheeler, and somehow learns how to appreciate each other.
		Married with a family, she has remained in the Minneapolis area.
	www.mediafamily.org /kidscore/movies_johnson_family_vacation.shtml (433 words)

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