Summer Rental – Kino Lorber Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Patrick McCart]

John Candy stars in Carl Reiner’s 1985 comedy Summer Rental, newly remastered on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.



Summer Rental (1985)



Released: 09 Aug 1985
Rated: PG
Runtime: 87 min




Director: Carl Reiner
Genre: Comedy



Cast: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn
Writer(s): Jeremy Stevens, Mark Reisman



Plot: An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.



IMDB rating: 6.3
MetaScore: 38





Disc Information



Studio: Paramount
Distributed By: Kino Lorber
Video Resolution: 1080P/AVC



Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English 2.0 DTS-HDMA



Subtitles: English SDH
Rating: PG...

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[James Ryfun]

I've always adored John Candy and he's definitely the draw here but I've never been a huge fan of this one. Though it's leagues beyond the other vacation film he did a few years later with The Great Outdoors, a movie I've never cared for. Still, Summer Rental has its charm and Rip Torn IS fantastic, but I've always found it to be just "ok.". But as you said, I can think of worse ways to spend 90+ minutes. I just wish there were better extras for this one, but then again this IS Kino after all..

 

[mskaye]

I worked at Paramount when this came out. It was an early film greenlit by the legendary Ned Tanen - who took over after Eisner/Katenberg went to Disney (though the film was developed by the EK regime.) Tanen was the Brat Pack guy - and he liked youthful, inexpensive films and wanted the studio to get back on its feet with some product - as opposed to some really poor performing big budget period films during the last years of the EK regime such as Lady Jane and King David - and this was one of them along with Reiner's Summer School. This is a sweet film. It's never quite as funny as it should have been but it's an easy movie to enjoy. It does have a couple of very funny scenes on the beach. John Candy just made you smile. It's odd that Reiner chose to do these as he was coming off some critically acclaimed and ambitious films with Steve Martin.

 

[Bryan^H]

Ordered.


Can’t wait to see this, it has been a very long time since I watched it last.

 

[Capt D McMars]

the cast was fun and Candy, the perfect set up for some painful comedy, and I say this with tongue in cheek. And best reflected in Rip Torn's noble line about Scully's Catch of the Day!!! It's fun, light and predictable...and well received in these weird times!!

 

[TravisR]

It's odd that Reiner chose to do these as he was coming off some critically acclaimed and ambitious films with Steve Martin.

Even odder that his next movie after Summer Rental was Summer School. Not really a knock because I saw both movies a million times on cable as a little kid and I still love them.