Vacation with Derek (TV 2010)

The McDonald-Venturi family gear up to spend part of their summer vacation with their grandmother at her lodge.

Director:

Michael McGowan

Writer:

Daphne Ballon

Stars:

Ashley Leggat, Michael Seater, Jordan Todosey

Cast

Credited cast:
Ashley Leggat	...	Casey MacDonald
Michael Seater	...	Derek Venturi
Jordan Todosey	...	Lizzie MacDonald
Ariel Waller	...	Marti Venturi
Daniel Magder	...	Edwin Venturi
Joy Tanner	...	Nora MacDonald
John Ralston	...	George Venturi
Al Sapienza	...	Doug Dunbarton
A.J. Saudin	...	Oscar
Kristen Gutoskie	...	Roxy Dunbarton
Aidan Shipley	...	Ben
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Annan	...	Officer Difonzo
Nico Archambault	...	Jesse
Barbara Barnes-Hopkins	...	Rosie
Scotty Cook	...	Sven

Storyline

Derek and Casey are back and continue their hilarious sibling rivalry during a family vacation to visit their grandmother at her beautiful lake front lodge. Things heat up with Casey when she meets Jesse, a handsome young dancer who is a waiter at the lodge. Meanwhile as Derek is "chilling" on his vacation, he falls for Roxy, the rich girl who lives across the lake. But when Roxy's father, a greedy land developer, threatens to destroy the natural beauty around them, the McDonald-Venturi kids band together to save the lake and the lodge.

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Plot Keywords:

divorced parents | camp | interracial kiss | character name in title

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 March 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Férias com Derek

Filming Locations:

High Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shaftesbury Films, Shaftesbury Sales Company, Shaftesbury Vacation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Life with Derek (2005)

User Reviews

A tad disappointing, but nice nonetheless

Life with Derek was a great family show. After family shows about fame and wizards and other unrealistic, it was nice to see a family oriented show that was well written and relatively well acted.

Good: - Lizzie was surprisingly less annoying in the movie. Also prettier. - Edwin was as dorky as ever. - The Plot was nice and consistent enough, although the dancing was odd. - Nice scenery. - Dasey moments were satisfactory. - Nico's guest starring :)

Bad: - Casey suddenly obsessed with Dancing. A little out of character.

• Nora and George are as dumb as ever. - The love interests .. somewhat

unneeded and Derek's was downright boring. - No mention of past characters. No Emily, Sally, Max, Sam, Kendra, Ralph, Paul .. it would've been nice to have a final appearance.

Overall the movie was able to captivate my attention enough to finish it at least. The pace was good enough, it was nice to see the characters again, everything ended rather nicely and it was quite funny (although i thought it lacked a bit in the comedy department)