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- 1985
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
- 1985
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
Summary An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.
Directed By: Carl Reiner
Written By: Jeremy Stevens, Mark Reisman
- 1985
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
- 1985
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
Summer Rental
38
7.3
Where to Watch
Summary An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.
Directed By: Carl Reiner
Written By: Jeremy Stevens, Mark Reisman
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
38
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
43% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
38
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
43% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Though Candy greatly underplays Jack Chester, a beet-red seer-sucker summer renter, his genial humor and collaboration with Reiner make Summer Rental a small pleasure. [12 Aug 1985]
Summer Rental is a wan but good-natured hot-weather comedy, with a big debt to National Lampoon's Vacation plus a few nice touches of its own.
Director Carl Reiner, an old comedy pro, does well enough with the comedy's dumb but funny big-bust and jock-strap jokes. [09 Aug 1985, p.D]
This forced comedy feels too long, although John Candy's unique manner sometimes overcomes Carl Reiner's flat direction.
Summer Rental is the kind of movie that could make you wish you had poison ivy -- at least the scratching would occupy your mind. [10 Aug 1985, p.D7]
It's hard to figure how the combination of director Carl Reiner, comedian John Candy and a movie with the title Summer Rental could come to nothing. [10 Aug 1985, p.D7]
The indignities inflicted on the Chester family by writers Jeremy Stevens and Mark Reisman are barely clever enough to sustain a half-hour TV show. Carl Reiner directed this tepid farce, as if half asleep. [26 Aug 1985, p.62]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.3
63% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.3
63% Positive
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5 Ratings
38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company
Paramount Pictures,
St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commission
Release Date Aug 9, 1985
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline John Candy is about to face the most devastating experience known to man... the family vacation.
Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 3 Nominations
