Summer Rental (1985)

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6.3	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Carl Reiner

Starring (View all)

John Candy
Jack Chester

Karen Austin
Sandy Chester

Kerri Green
Jennifer Chester

Joseph Lawrence
Bobby Chester

Aubrey Jene
Laurie Chester

Richard Crenna
Al Pellet

Rip Torn
Scully

John Larroquette
Don Moore

Written by

Jeremy Stevens
(written by)

Mark Reisman
(written by)

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An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.

Release date: 9 August 1985
UPC: 097360178548

Tags: Comedy (8), Adventure (3), 1985 (3), Beach (3), Romance (2), Family (2), 1980s (2), Child Actors (2), Paramount (2), Water (1), 80's (1), American (1), HQ (1), Vacation (1), Boats (1), Family Vacation (1)

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" HBO Max- 1hr. 26min. First Viewing There's nothing special about Summer Rental. It's just an easy, breezy, exceedingly simplistic 80s flick with an episodic plot that feels padded at just 86 minutes long. The jokes are clear, the filmmaking is obvious; it's stupid as hell. But it worked for me. Best viewed during, you guessed it, the Summer."

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"After air traffic controller Jack Chester loses a plane (it's covered on his screen by a fly), he's told to take a break. Jack books his family into a plush resort in Florida, but it turns out that their lodgings are in a hut by the beach, and that's as good as the vacation gets. An early comedy vehicle for John Candy in what was his first leading role. He comes across affably as the parent whose determination to please his family usually ends in disaster. The movie loses marks in the script an"