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A Balasaur Score of 48 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 19%, Metacritic 38/100. Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do. Most of the 997 1980s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes19%
Metacritic38/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
243 audience votes
Key crew
- Carl ReinerDirector
- Mark ReismanWriter
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Jeremy StevensWriter
Cast
- John CandyJack Chester
- Richard CrennaAl Pellet
- Rip TornScully
- Karen AustinSandy Chester
- Kerri GreenJennifer Chester
- John LarroquetteDon Moore
- Joey LawrenceBobby Chester
- Aubrey JeneLaurie Chester
- Dick Anthony WilliamsDan Gardner
- Richard HerdAngus MacLachlan
- Carmine CaridiEd
- Lois HamiltonVicki
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Themes
rivalryfamily vacationsuffering parenttime offrun down house