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This is one movie that shows how your summer vacation all goes wrong. John Candy plays Jack Chester, an over-worked man who decides to bring his family on vacation...and fails miserably. Instead of bringing them on vacation, he leads them strait to the gates of hell. Through several acts of trying to do good, Jack only makes things worse for himself. This movie was one of the best movies of John Candy's career. There was no over-acting and no artsy stuff. Just a good old fashioned comedy. Just how they should be. This is an old fashioned romp of a good belly laughing comedy. See it, if you are a Candy fan. See it anyway, even if you aren't. SUMMER RENTAL is one of the best comedies that John Candy ever did. 5/5.

The world is a happier place with a John Candy film to watch, and still after decades he continues to entertain us even with a mediocre story line such as summer rental.

John Candy is the embodiment of the complete comedian, his delivery is second to no one, his physical comedy makes us want to reach out and hug him, and his one liners deliver that "Gotcha'" moment every time.

Summer Rental is a film I have seen several times now and anyone over the age of 12 can enjoy the story line of the lovable underdog coming out victorious over the big and rich bully played perfectly by Richard Crenna. Adding to the films entertainment is the versatile actor Rip Torn who plays Scully the sea captain who is the owner of a rundown restaurant and a fleet of broken down sailboats.

This is a simple story line, easy to follow for even a 12 year old, with the inspirational Chester family played by John Candy, Karen Austin, and their two children played by Kerri Green and Joey Lawrence who find a way to come together as a tight knit family beginning with their adventure on the high seas in the regatta against the wealthy Richard Crenna.

As in any John Candy film there are scenes he steals that are both memorable and unfortunately knowing there will be no more John Candy films. RIP John.

I give it a 7 out of 10 IMDb rating.

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.

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.