Summer Rental

You didn’t have to have a plot in the 80s. You could just put John Candy on a beach and that was a movie.

Daniel Erenberg

Visually, a regatta is a tough 3rd act but despite waiting on wind to drive the climax this movie this is chock full of funny bits and some of my favorite character actor - Richard Crenna is chef’s kiss. It’s a more family friendly vacation. An underrated Carl Reiner movie.

Paul Scheer

Been ages ago since last watch. Always fun and uplifting to watch John Candy on any occasion. Didn't realize it had a young Joey Lawrence and Kerri Green with those headphones! Great summer family fun! Arrrgg! 🏆

DreamScape40

"Summer Rental" is a 1985 film directed by Carl Reiner. The film showcases John Candy in his first central starring role as family man Jack Chester. Extremely tired from days on end work as an air traffic controller, it is noticed that he is directly due for some rest and…

Blake Bergman "Various Spaghetti"

There is not a lot to Carl Reiner's "Summer Rental," but it does offer up a respectable amount of fun. The John Candy-starring comedy, all pratfalls and easy energy, is a good-natured, appealing piece of work that does not ask too much of its audience or over stay its…

Travis Lytle

Formulamatic, goofy, puerile and lowbrow but buoyed by a charming as hell performance by John Candy, and ridiculously(focus on ridiculous) fantastic performances by Rip Torn and Richard Crenna, Summer Rental, while not good, becomes an entertaining piece of comedy on the…

Cinemonster

“She's so insecure! Last night, she shoved them in the clerk's face at the 7-11, Honey, relax, will you. They're beautiful. They look right and they feel right!”

OGPryce

It took about fifteen minutes for this John Candy comedy to grow on me.  Summer Rental is not a classic or a forgotten gem; it is rightly forgotten.  Despite itself, I can't deny the fun I had watching this.  Predictable and formulaic of course but there is such a levity to…

Derek

We've had another heat advisory wave coming through here the past few days (big surprise, right?) and it's feeling particularly sweltering again, which always makes me want to watch something sweaty or summery or both. It would make sense for seeing heat on screen to make…

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