Cops & Robbersons

"...Directed by: Michael Ritchie. Starring: Chevy Chase, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest, Robert Davi, David Barry..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Vacation

Rude and crude; make other vacation plans

"...Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Chris Hemsworth, Leslie Mann, Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Charlie Day, Catherine Missal, Ron Livingston,..."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man of the House

"...Directed by: James Orr. Starring: Chevy Chase, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Farrah Fawcett and George Wendt...."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Ellie Parker

This Naomi Watts performance showcase has been slipping into theatres that are presently readying themselves for the onslaught of King Kong, starring Watts as the woman who would be Fay Wray.

"...Naomi Watts, Rebecca Rigg, Scott Coffey, Mark Pellegrino and Chevy Chase. After spending nearly a year on the top-flight..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Orange County

"...seasoned comic actors who pop up in supporting roles: Chevy Chase, Kevin Kline, Harold Ramis, a wonderfully deadpan Ben..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Jackal

"...laughable disguise changes, reminiscent of nothing so much as Chevy Chase's Fletch with an assault rifle. The general cluelessness..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Snow Day

"...Directed by: Chris Koch. Starring: Chevy Chase, Jean Smart, Mark Webber, Schuyler Fisk, Zena Grey..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Hot Tub Time Machine

Consider this comedy yet another nail in the Eighties coffin.

"...Starring: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Chevy Chase, Lizzy Caplan and Crispin Glover. A metaphysical mind-bender..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Confess, Fletch

Jon Hamm's laconic detective is too laid-back for his own good

"...paperback in 1974 is pretty sour to taste now. Chevy Chase’s loosey-goosey take in Michael Ritchie’s 1985 film version..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Johnson Family Vacation

Half-baked comedy is on the road to nowhere.

"...from the National Lampoon series from the Eighties starring Chevy Chase, Johnson Family Vacation substitutes the Johnsons for the..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

National Lampoon’s Van Wilder

"...which Reynolds is clearly channeling the ghost of Seventies-era Chevy Chase. (Chase may still be alive, but the fluid..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drive Angry

Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.

"...vantage point of the back seat of a ’55 Chevy (or, as here, a ’69 Dodge Charger). Granted, Cage..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saturday Night

The legend is burnished of the first ever broadcast of SNL

"...Prime Time Players, chockablock with soon-to-be movie stars like Chevy Chase (Smith), John Belushi (Wood), and Dan Aykroyd (O’Brien),..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Live From Saturday Night, It’s Jason Reitman!

Behind the scenes of the re-creation of the first ever SNL

"...everyone on TV looked more like Jane Curtin and Chevy Chase.”..."

Oct. 10, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Parallel Mothers

Almodóvar and Cruz's latest pairing unearths Spain's history

"...gag from the early seasons of SNL in which Chevy Chase and others at the “Weekend Update” desk reported..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Happily

Deliciously acerbic comedy finally knows what to do with Joel McHale

"...The Informant! and pitch-perfect casting as his old nemesis Chevy Chase in A Futile and Stupid Gesture, cinema has..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Kunis and McKinnon run to Europe, but forget to pack jokes

"...performance art. Their clueless applause reminded me of 1978’s Chevy Chase-Goldie Hawn accidentally-stepped-into-criminal-intrigue comedy Foul Play, while a tease..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jackass 3D

Now with even more stupefying stunts and added dimensions.

"...all. (Unsurprisingly, it's also vastly more entertaining than the Chevy Chase/Carrie Fisher tag-team film Under the Rainbow.) Jackass continues..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

RV

Robin Williams loads his family into a camper and goes on vacation.

"...Lampoon's Vacation films, which, at their very least, featured Chevy Chase, a comedian whose Fletch-y, SoCal comic tone often..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Lampoon's Adam & Eve

More collegiate humor released by the folks at the Lampoon that has more hormonal smarts than necessary and about as many sex and toilet gags as you suspect.

"...Mad magazine for the righteously peeved and overly educated. Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and Christopher Guest were all cast..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dead Man On Campus

"...those old National Lampoon parodies (the magazine, not the Chevy Chase merchandising arm), Dead Man on Campus lacks the..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Action Hero

Overflowing with stunts, one-liners, and cameos, this would-be blockbuster overflows with unfulfilled potential.

"...cameos from the “real” Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Shriver, Chevy Chase, Jean-Claude Van Damme, et al. Really, it's not..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean and Stephen..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What's Funny and What Isn't

"...Saturday Night Live in which an employer played by Chevy Chase is conducting a job interview with a prospective..."

March 21, 2007 Postmarks

Zoom

This superhero sci-fi farce drags its feet, while the sappy sweetness will make you wince.

"...Directed by: Peter Hewitt. Starring: Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin, Kevin Zegers, Kate Mara, Michael Cassidy,..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Snow Day

From winter fun to first love, Snow Day is a modest but entertaining effort.

"...Snow DayD: Chris Koch (2000); with Chevy Chase, Chris Elliott, Mark Webber, Schuyler Fisk, Iggy Pop,..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Talking George Lucas, Pop-Up Hanukkah, and More Events

Get out this week with our recommended happenings

"...just IS. I’ve never lived in a world without Chevy Chase getting his sap-sticky hand caught in Beverly D’Angelo’s..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Most Valuable Player

Making a movie in Austin? Dana Wheeler-Nicholson's your gal.

"...Dana Wheeler-Nicholson made Chevy Chase laugh...."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Longhorn Football Season Is a Sitcom in the Making

Watching tape, both football and funny

"...older women who pout their newly plumped lips and chase after new receivers, uh, men. Despite some valiant acting..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

DVD Watch: Potential-Gift Edition

'SNL,' 'Robin Hood,' 'Symbiopsychotaxiplasm,' and more

"...and – the breakout star by far – writer/performer Chevy Chase, who was and you weren't, if only for..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

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