SUMMER RENTAL (1985). A burned out Air Traffic controller takes his family to Florida for some summer long R&R and the usual SNAFUS occur. John Candy is as engaging as He usually was and good support from Rip Torn and Richard Crenna as the rich snob. SR tries hard, but feels forced throughout and I hate the scene where in an attempt to lighten the load in a boating event, a lot of garbage is tossed overboard. In an odd aside, it seems the following years much funnier ONE CRAZY SUMMER took quite a bit from this. **
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