The standing joke at our home, when we eat dinner out at a restaurant that passes off breaded fish as an expensive seafood item with a fancy name, is "Look - it's Scully's Catch of the day"! Rim chilled glass with honey, then nerds. This movie moves along a nice pace with very few bumps along the way. So, he packs off to Florida for a month's vacation with his wife and two kids. "There was a vacant spot of about six months on our release schedule. I actually watched the second half of this movie again, since perhaps I was being too harsh. Besides just being boring and hard to watch, this movie is highly unoriginal. Paramount Appoints New Production Chief by ALJEAN HARMETZ New York Times 16 Apr 1985: C15. Jack Chester (Candy) is a burnt-out, air traffic controller who decides to take a vacation with his wife, Sandy (Austin), son, Bobby (Lawrence) and daughters, Jennifer, (Green) and Laurie (Aubrey Jene). [12] The United Kingdom released it on DVD in 2004 with the same extra feature. The movie was based on a summer holiday taken by Bernie Brillstein when he rented a house at the beach in Southern California. In 2014, Alan Silvestri's score was released on a limited edition album by Quartet Records, twinned with his music for Critical Condition. The film loses a little of its comic edge in the second half, when Candy takes up sailing and tries to win a bet against one of the locals, an obnoxious yachtsman played gamely by Richard Crenna. Jimmy Buffett's "Turning Around" plays during the closing credits. His boss suggests some time off. As is typical, John Candy’s wife is pretty hot, yet he spends most of the movie ignoring her, sending her into the sympathetic arms of John Larroquette. This story just makes me feel good for days after I see it. He experiences about as much stress vacationing as he does at work. A modern guide to film and cocktail pairings. Shake until chilled, then pour into prepared glass. External Reviews Instead of bringing them on vacation, he leads them strait to the gates of hell. Unfortunately the rest of the movie involves a contrived sailing race with Richard Crenna playing the, all too typical, snob competition. Vacation on the shores of St. Petersburg with John Candy. Scully, a local saloon keeper with a pirate's mentality whom the Chesters met earlier, befriends Jack and volunteers to help him on both counts. Jack Chester, an air traffic controller, is burned. "Summer Rental" is a very pleasant comedy vehicle from director Carl Reiner and star John Candy. Great cast they got there John Laroquette of "Night Court" along with his first season co-star Karen Austin playing Candy's wife. John Candy is despondent about his chances in a yacht race, and tells his daughter "You can't win them all". A sweet Candy comedy on the Florida coast. [4] His boss tells him he needs some time off from his job. Being heavy on the beach is worse. They get the rental house that was owned by someone else, and they get another one that's near the beach route entrance. Director Carl Reiner said "Like a small, beautiful painting in a large frame, John is a handsome guy in a larger frame than is necessary. "Summer Rental" always hits the spot. Later, Jack again locks horns with Al, the new owner of the dubious piece of real estate where the Chesters are staying after the previous owner died. He knows his limits and accepts them, but this one time wants to rise above them and prove his worth. Summer Rental (1985) was one of three John Candy films released during the "Summer" of 1985. When all the geniuses are through, that's as good a reason as any to make a movie. John Candy is surely one of the best comics of the past 30 years, pulling this move together. Filming took around nine weeks, from March 18 to May 15, 1985, with principal photography starting in St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach, Florida, on March 18 for seven weeks before moving to Atlanta. They all ended leaving the studio before the film was made. The house on the left was occupied by two elderly sisters, one of whom had a 6-foot-4 inch retarded son who was out of Arsenic and Old Lace. His whole presence in the movie is totally pointless and I suspect there was a whole 'Candy's wife may be cheating on him' plot that was cut out because it just too similar Chase/D'Angelo in Vacation. He had just a short cameo in "National Lampoon's Vacation", and had to share the comic honours with Dan Akroyd in "The Great Outdoors". *Cinema Sips is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. 5/5. Richard Crenna and Rip Torn are both wonderful character actors and both give Candy able support. This is just incredibly inept stuff from a man, Carl Reiner, whom I've generally admired through the years. The rest of the cast also does a nice job. He almost provokes an accident when a fly lands in his computer screen. - MERK. He made you FEEL the hurt and the pain in his heart. The soundtrack is the only place where this song was released. Summer Rental is a classic Candy that has its place amoung the 80's best. I have not bought it yet, but I'm planning on it. Either way, Candy rises above the material and makes the film fun to watch, but not necessarily a great film by any means. Warning: If you must watch this movie turn it off the second the boats line up for the regatta. Their actual rental is a rundown beach house. Lee Strassburg would have been so proud. The family then misreads the address, moves into the wrong house, and are forced to leave in the middle of the night, ending up in a decrepit shack on a public beach with a constant stream of beach-goers tromping through the place. A common factor between most of these films is that many of them feature John Candy. "[5], Candy and Reiner got along so well that they planned to make another movie together at Paramount, titled The Last Holiday, but it never was made. BORING! Infact, this is actually one of the better comedies from the 1980's. It's one thing to direct a flop, but it's another to lend your support to something as astonishingly stupid as the second-half boat race in this film. The first time I was impressed by the comedy of the late great John Candy and the beauty of Kristen Dunn (Goonies). Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I recommend this. This is one of those films that doesn't carry an important social message, the idea is that you should just leave your brain and social conscience at the door of the cinema and just relax and have a good time watching a true comic giant at work. Carl Reiner is a true giant of comedy and I am so glad that he directed this film. "[5] It like One Crazy Summer, Pretty in Pink, 16 Candles, and many other hits of the 80's has it's place on your shelves. A good cast surrounds him in this film, with Rip Torn contributing much of the comedy as Scully. Jack challenges him in a yacht race using restaurant owner Scully (Rip Torn)'s old decommissioned boat. Karen Austin is very good as Candy's supportive wife Sandy; a very young Joey Lawrence (several years before "Blossom", back when he was starring on Nell Carter's '80s sitcom "Gimme A Break!") First, prepare glass. Candy responds with perfect timing "Yes, (perfect pause) winning one would be nice". The latter expounding on the obvious merits of her new breasts is classic material (hint, freeze frame the DVD to see why she is so proud). With the help from everyone, family and friends of a local restaurant, they were able to win the prize. All of the characters come together perfectly to tell us the tale of Jack Chester. John Candy and Carl Reiner: what could be a better combo? SUMMER RENTAL is one of the best comedies that John Candy ever did. To me, that's a little too intimidating for me. In "Summer Rental" it's even harder than usual. However Paramount's new studio president Ned Tanen greenlit the film. That's why we have to take a vacation. Awards See it anyway, even if you aren't. John Candy is really great in this movie and it's not too crude or vulgar like most comedies from the 1980's are. Casting doesn’t get much better than this, folks. So he packs up his family and heads for Florida hoping to have the time of their lives. I have seen this movie twice. It was reissued on DVD three more times. Sure the story may be weak and a little corny with the whole boat race but it ranks up there among my favorites. Naturally, it ends up being not as much of a vacation as they hoped. I think this movie is best known as “the one where John Candy gets a sunburn”. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. If you don't… The talents of Richard Crenna and Rip Torn are completely wasted, and I'm still trying to figure out what the John Larroquette character was all about. We were all robbed of a priceless national treasure. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. He uses this time off to take his wife Sandy and children Jennifer, Bobby, and Laurie on a summer vacation from the Atlanta area to the Gulf Coast resort town of Citrus Cove, Florida, where they are beset by a never-ending barrage of problems. This movie is classic John Candy all the way. Finally, Jack and his family decide to take one last chance to restore their dignity. The movie is about family and new friends pulling together, working side by side, believing in a dream and achieving an impossible goal. "Being heavy in California is not a terrific thing. ( Log Out / Crenna (First Blood) plays Al Pellet, a wealthy snob who is also a 7-year boat race champion, Torn (Defending Your Life) plays Scully, Captain and restaurant owner of "The Barnacle" and Larroquette (Blind Date) plays Don Moore, a nice guy who befriends The Chesters. I guess it is true that some of our greatest comics have tears in their hearts. Hardly. John Candy's wit and humor shines through as Jack Chester, the over worked air traffic controller who reluctantly takes a vacation to the beach with his family. John Candy is usually a hard guy to resist. John Candy plays Jack Chester, an over-worked man who decides to bring his family on vacation...and fails miserably. Through several acts of trying to do good, Jack only makes things worse for himself. The house on the right was out of Death in Venice, occupied by a chic group of homosexuals who had 28 inch waists and wore peach sweaters. Still, "Summer Rental" is a nice little movie, with the late John Candy giving one of his better leading performances. It is about having a good time, and nothing else. John reminded me of Charlie Chaplain in so many ways. It made another $2.8 million on its sixth and final weekend, with an increase of 171%, climbing to second place behind Back to the Future. Things were funny on the beach when the spigot from the cooler broke, and Jack gets a Frisbee to the groin. At 86 minutes and half a dozen subplots not being wrapped up or developed in any way at all. "[5], It became a starring vehicle for John Candy. Summer Rental is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and starring John Candy. | Typical John Candy film. Its in the scene where Steve Martin bawls him out in a motel room, he tells him basically what a pain in the ass he is. I was so saddened when he passed away so young. ( Log Out / To this effect a house is secured in a Florida resort area. ( Log Out / The type of movie you can watch once a year and never get tired of. Other landmarks include the old drawbridge on US19/I-275 north of the old Sunshine Skyway as well as shots of Egmont Key in the distance. [1], The movie received negative reviews from critics, and the movie holds a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 18 reviews.[14].
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