Summer Rental (1985)

Directed by

Carl Reiner

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 235 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An overworked air traffic controller gets a five week paid leave and takes his family to a Florida beach town. He deals with a series of funny problems and a boastful sailing champion.

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What happens

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. It tells the story of an overworked air traffic controller who is put on a five weeks' paid leave and takes his family to the fictional resort town of Citrus Cove, Florida as he experiences hilarious mishaps and contends with an arrogant sailing champion. An original music score was composed for the film by Alan Silvestri. The film was released on August 9, 1985, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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