The Great Outdoors (film)
1988
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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, but it turns out that their ...
- (18)
- Carl Reiner
- PG
- John Candy
Summer Rental Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Michael Lasky Bay Area Reporter. If nose picking, belching, farting, and vomiting make you laugh. Summer...
John Candy plays Jack Chester, a burnout air traffic controller in 1985's "Summer Rental," where he takes his family to the beaches of St. Petersburg for some r & r. While the family has fun, they also clash with a champion yachtsman (Richard Crenna) and settle their differences in a sailboat race.
Summer Rental is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner, written by Mark Reisman and Jeremy Stevens, and starring John Candy and Richard Crenna with supporting roles by Rip Torn, Karen Austin, Kerri Green, John Larroquette, Joey Lawrence, Aubrey Jene, Dick Anthony Williams, Richard Herd, Carmine Caridi, Lois Hamilton, Frank ...
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. Read More By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
- (7)
- Carl Reiner
- TV-PG
- John Candy
Aug 14, 2020 · SUMMER RENTAL is directed by Carl Reiner (between ALL OF ME and SUMMER SCHOOL), written by TV writer Jeremy Stevens ( The Diahann Carroll Show, The Electric Company, Fernwood Tonight, The Richard Pryor Show, Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters, Thicke of the Night) and Mark Reisman (just Thicke of the Night ).
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. Read More. By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW. 50. Chicago Tribune. 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]
