While the returning cast is still gleefully committed, this comedy sequel loses much of the charm of its predecessor.
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.The first Vacation Friends movie was a pleasant surprise when it premiered on Hulu two years ago. It wasn't the next comedy classic by any means, but there was quite a bit of charm and heart underneath all the raunchiness, drug use, and profanity.
That is until the story decides to take one of the most bizarre third-act pivots you'll see all year as the film attempts to become an action comedy in the vein of something like this year's Shotgun Wedding. Unfortunately, this is where the sequel starts to fall flat on its face and creates an overly complicated subplot that feels completely unwarranted in a comedy that most viewers will just throw on in the background while having a few drinks.
It's a lot for a sequel to a film called Vacation Friends. While you'll always want to up the stakes when making a sequel, there's almost too much going on here that, for the most part, it forgets to bring in all the laughs that made the first film so successful. While the shtick of the first film was able to make for an entertaining 100 minutes, it starts to wear itself very thin here, especially as the film gets way too carried away when it brings in the action elements.
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