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Summer Rental

1985, Movie, PG, 88 mins

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This forced comedy feels too long, although John Candy's unique manner sometimes overcomes Carl Reiner's flat direction. The cliched story line and the general feeling that everyone was working in a hurry for money is what sinks this film. Jack Chester (Candy) is an air traffic controller who is under such stress that he shouts instructions to a fly that's crawling on his TV monitor. He is told to take a long vacation. With wife Sandy (Karen Austin), their three children, an... read more leave a comment
This routine comedy is about a series of misadventures during a family vacation at the beach and stars John Candy (who died of a heart attack while filming in Mexico in 1994) as John Chester and Karen Austin as his long-suffering wife Sandy. When the family leave for what turns out to be a pretty decrepit shack on a public beach, Jack eventually locks horns with the owner of this dubious piece of real estate, and their conflict terminates in a boat race in which Jack and his motley crew are at first glance, and even second, no match for the others in the race. In the meantime, there are plenty of skits with Jack dressed as anything from an ample, unintentional likeness of a geisha to the normal tourist dude in a Hawaiian shirt. His wife and daughter tackle their own problems, related to sex in one way or another, mostly another.
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Length: 01:26:53
Posted: 6/11/2008
This routine comedy is about a series of misadventures during a family vacation at the beach and stars John Candy (who died of a heart attack while filming in Mexico in 1994) as John Chester and Karen Austin as his long-suffering wife Sandy. When the family leave for what turns out to be a pretty decrepit shack on a public beach, Jack eventually locks horns with the owner of this dubious piece of real estate, and their conflict terminates in a boat race in which Jack and his motley crew are at first glance, and even second, no match for the others in the race. In the meantime, there are plenty of skits with Jack dressed as anything from an ample, unintentional likeness of a geisha to the normal tourist dude in a Hawaiian shirt. His wife and daughter tackle their own problems, related to sex in one way or another, mostly another.
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Length: 01:27:00
Posted: 7/26/2008
This routine comedy is about a series of misadventures during a family vacation at the beach and stars John Candy (who died of a heart attack while filming in Mexico in 1994) as John Chester and Karen Austin as his long-suffering wife Sandy. When the family leave for what turns out to be a pretty decrepit shack on a public beach, Jack eventually locks horns with the owner of this dubious piece of real estate, and their conflict terminates in a boat race in which Jack and his motley crew are at first glance, and even second, no match for the others in the race. In the meantime, there are plenty of skits with Jack dressed as anything from an ample, unintentional likeness of a geisha to the normal tourist dude in a Hawaiian shirt. His wife and daughter tackle their own problems, related to sex in one way or another, mostly another.
Paid | Amazon Video on Demand
Length: 01:27:00
Posted: 7/26/2008
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Year: 1985
Rated PG

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Cast
John Candy: Jack Chester
Richard Crenna: Al Pellet
Rip Torn: Scully
Karen Austin: Sandy Chester
Kerri Green: Jennifer Chester
John Larroquette: Don Moore

 

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