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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 04/17/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 26 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Comedy, Screwball Comedy, Domestic Comedy See Also: Summer Rental, Summer Rental [I Love the 80's Edition] [DVD/CD], Summer Rental

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. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

John Candy - Jack Chester
Rip Torn - Scully
Richard Crenna - Al Pellet
Karen Austin - Sandy Chester
Kerri Green - Jennifer Chester
Aubrey Jene - Laurie Chester
Joey Lawrence - Bobby Chester

Carl Reiner directs John Candy in the vacation comedy Summer Rental, which comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the theatrical trailer. This is a fine release from Paramount that offers excellent picture quality. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide