Chevy Chase

Watts' performance is brave and jazzy, but Coffey's riffing lacks lasting impact.

What truly holds Fletch together isn't the somewhat off-putting Chase—whose screen presence was always defined by a love-it-or-hate it smugness—but his time-tested collaborators: screenwriter Bergman...and director Michael Ritchie...

The invitation to introspection about empty American lives is a good idea, but who are we kidding? Hot Tub Time Machine is built for gross gags...and wan '80s nostalgia...

Despite being ungainly, Caddyshack is the kind of comedy you can pan for gold in...

I see London, I see France, I see Chevy do a dumb dance.

Though lacking in narrative and comic sophistication, National Lampoon's Vacation has something arguably more important: built-in, instant audience identification.