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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   3,861 votes
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Director:

Carl Reiner

Writers:

Jeremy Stevens (writer) and
Mark Reisman (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

9 August 1985 (USA) more

Tagline:

Life's A Beach more

Plot:

Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters... more | add synopsis

Awards:

3 nominations more

User Comments:

Good, clean, family fun ... more (31 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Karen Austin ... Sandy Chester

John Candy ... Jack Chester
Kerri Green ... Jennifer Chester

Joseph Lawrence ... Bobby Chester (as Joey Lawrence)
Aubrey Jene ... Laurie Chester

Richard Crenna ... Al Pellet

Rip Torn ... Scully

John Larroquette ... Don Moore

Richard Herd ... Angus MacLachlan
Santos Morales ... Cortez

Lois Hamilton ... Vicki Sanders
Carmine Caridi ... Ed Sanders

Francis X. McCarthy ... Hal (as Frank McCarthy)
Pierrino Mascarino ... Maitre D'
Harry Yorku ... Yorku, Pirate Musician
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Additional Details

Runtime:

87 min | Argentina:88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | West Germany:12 | USA:PG (edited for re-rating) | Australia:PG | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG-13 (original rating) | Argentina:Atp | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

A poster for the movie Footloose (1984) is seen in the movie theater lobby, while at the same time Jennifer (Kerri Green') is listening to the song "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins on her radio. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the Barnacle is gaining on the other sailboats, you can clearly see a water jet from the starboard (right) side of the boat, which indicates the engine is running, even though the boat is supposedly under sail. more

Quotes:

Jack Chester: I love you Scully. That's not the booze talkin' either. more

Movie Connections:

References Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) more

Soundtrack:

DOLORES more


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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Good, clean, family fun ..., 2 March 2004
8/10
Author: utahdesertkat from Dugway, Utah USA

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!

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