Too many fans seem to be blown away

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

This is a pretty weak feat for comedy. If watching it at the cinema, when I was fifteen, I thought while viewing it recently, if I would of laughed more. Laughs run pretty sparse in this one, the late Candy who I liked, responsible for most of them. Remember at the time this comedy was also competing with the Griswalds on their European Vacation. Candy, though not remembered as the greatest thespian, plays a wearied air traffic controller, who mistakes a fly on his screen, for a plane. Yeah, he really needs a vacation. So, he and the troops, (his family) pack their suitcases, and head south to Florida. Candy, manages to get sun burnt, bad, sprain his leg, while yachting with his son, locked out of the right bungalow, he rented, his first, much more Shangri-la, robbed of his lobsters he waited in a two hour line for... there's more, meets a hot neighbor, self conscious about her enlarged boobies, but worst of all, gets on the wrong side of a vain gloried, suave, local yachtsman/businessman, Crenna, who has been trying to hustle some people out of their dwellings. He becomes a worse problem for Candy later on. As well as spraying a sea of beach goers, with water from his leaking Esky, Candy also, accidentally, leaves his backdoor open, when he goes off with the hottie next door for lemonade. There he's asked to give his evaluation on his new goodies, when he's visually confronted by em'. This is the funniest part of this weak and sagging comedy. Candy then returns to a party of people, who have made his home, theirs. Rip Torn as an old and real buccaneer pirate, hook for a hand and all, is completely wasted here, delivering such a fine performance, way above his peers, with the exception of Crenna, who isn't bad either. Torn's restaurant that's a ship, is revamped, and put back in the water, when he joins forces with Candy, to race against their nemesis. I hated this story angle, as I found it boring, but also a kind of chicken out. But they needed a plot to what went before. I just hated it the way it went. I found it wasteful time. For some Candy fans, this will fail to satisfy. This one, like Candy's Esky is a drippy, lazy comedy, that falls pretty weak, and when stacked up Carl Reiner's next flick, Summer School, two years later, that fared much better, this director truly redeemed himself. Yes Carl, all is forgiven.

For most of his career, John Candy played a bunch of rather silly roles that - while they were completely goofy - were great nevertheless. "Summer Rental" is one such role. Candy plays overworked air traffic controller Jack Chester, who takes his family on vacation in Florida. Naturally, it ends up being not as much of a vacation as they hoped. Finally, Jack and his family decide to take one last chance to restore their dignity.I will admit that "Summer Rental" is pretty much a big excuse to be silly, but you gotta love it. This is John Candy doing what he does best. It's really too bad that he died; he really had a good track record.

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. The laughs keep coming as Jack and his family spend the summer at the beach with many mishaps occurring throughout the movie. The movie is about family and new friends pulling together, working side by side, believing in a dream and achieving an impossible goal. We've watched this movie many times, but we still laugh and feel good when the movie ends. 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"! This movie is good, clean, family fun - entertainment for the entire family!

This movie is from a time that I sorely miss. It is about having a good time, and nothing else. There's no violence, no crude sexual comedy, just the legendary John Candy doing what he did best. Given, the music and clothing are extremely dated, but this is without a doubt the best feelgood lighthearted movie I've ever seen. All of the characters come together perfectly to tell us the tale of Jack Chester. One of the most memorable is Scully, the sailor/pirate. To this day, I see Scully whenever I see Rip Torn in any movie. This story just makes me feel good for days after I see it. John Candy is surely one of the best comics of the past 30 years, pulling this move together.