Permanent Vacation (1981)
ThumbScore
👍 70%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 69%
(MC: 69) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Chris Parker as Allie
Leila Gastil as Leila
John Lurie as Sax Player
Richard Boes as War Vet
Sara Driver as Nurse
Charlie Spademan as Patient
Jane Fire as Nurse
Ruth Bolton as Mother
Is Permanent Vacation good?
Most people think so. 70% audience score, estimated from 223 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 69%.
Overview
In downtown Manhattan, twentysomething Allie, whose father is not around and whose mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for meaning in his life and meets some idiosyncratic characters along the way. Wikipedia ↗
