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Summer Rental

1985 · 87 min

A breezy, good-natured comedy of vacation mishaps and underdog charm, easy to enjoy without much thought.

Directed by: Carl Reiner
Genres: Comedy
Starring: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn

Tagline: Life is a beach.
Overview: Jack 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.

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Directed by: Carl Reiner
Genres: Comedy
Starring: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
class
revenge
identity
survival
Places: small town
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Carl Reiner
Written by: Jeremy Stevens, Mark Reisman
Starring: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn, Karen Austin, Kerri Green, John Larroquette, Joey Lawrence, Aubrey Jene
Music: Alan Silvestri
Cinematography: Ric Waite
Runtime: 87 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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