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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Though Candy greatly underplays Jack Chester, a beet-red seer-sucker summer renter, his genial humor and collaboration with Reiner make Summer Rental a small pleasure. [12 Aug 1985]
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinSummer Rental is a wan but good-natured hot-weather comedy, with a big debt to National Lampoon's Vacation plus a few nice touches of its own.
- 50Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneDirector Carl Reiner, an old comedy pro, does well enough with the comedy's dumb but funny big-bust and jock-strap jokes. [09 Aug 1985, p.D]
- 40TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThis forced comedy feels too long, although John Candy's unique manner sometimes overcomes Carl Reiner's flat direction.
- 25Miami HeraldBill CosfordMiami HeraldBill CosfordIt's hard to figure how the combination of director Carl Reiner, comedian John Candy and a movie with the title Summer Rental could come to nothing. [10 Aug 1985, p.D7]
- 25Washington PostPaul AttanasioWashington PostPaul AttanasioSummer Rental is the kind of movie that could make you wish you had poison ivy -- at least the scratching would occupy your mind. [10 Aug 1985, p.D7]
- 20NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenThe indignities inflicted on the Chester family by writers Jeremy Stevens and Mark Reisman are barely clever enough to sustain a half-hour TV show. Carl Reiner directed this tepid farce, as if half asleep. [26 Aug 1985, p.62]