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6.1Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Released: 1985-08-0987 minDir: Carl ReinerComedyBox office: $24.7M
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Cast
- John Candy as Jack Chester
- Richard Crenna as Al Pellet
- Rip Torn as Scully
- Karen Austin as Sandy Chester
- Kerri Green as Jennifer Chester
- John Larroquette as Don Moore
Themes
- rivalry
- family vacation
- suffering parent
- time off
- run down house
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
18,832 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
19%
Metacritic
38/100
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 3 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Carl Reiner
- Cast member
- Francis X. McCarthy
- Composer
- Alan Silvestri
- Producer
- George Shapiro
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Filming location
- Georgia
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 442646
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1985-01-01
- title
- Summer Rental
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 4.4/10
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