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Summer Rental

1985 · 87 min · Director: Carl Reiner, Carl Reiner ★ IMDb 6.3 · 20,618 ratings

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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.

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Summer Rental (1985) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 40%, Joy 20%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

40%Humor
20%Joy
  1. Humor40%
  2. Joy20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Joy, Anxiety. Genres: Comedy. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Joy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Humor
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor40 %35 %17 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Joy37 %31 %21 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor36 %34 %17 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor38 %36 %12 %3 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor42 %38 %15 %1 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Humor45 %43 %17 %0 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Humor46 %44 %18 %1 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Humor43 %41 %19 %4 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Humor44 %43 %18 %4 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Humor46 %45 %14 %9 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Humor42 %40 %14 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 50′Humor39 %32 %16 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Tension43 %31 %12 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Humor46 %36 %10 %27 %
72.5 %≈ 63′Hope46 %40 %16 %38 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Hope48 %35 %22 %41 %
82.5 %≈ 72′Hope56 %28 %19 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 76′Tension68 %33 %30 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Joy78 %43 %57 %57 %
97.5 %≈ 85′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

John Candy

Jack Chester

KA
Karen Austin

Sandy Chester

KG
Kerri Green

Jennifer Chester

John Larroquette

Don Moore

JL
Joey Lawrence

Bobby Chester

AJ
Aubrey Jene

Laurie Chester

Richard Herd

Angus MacLachlan

LH
Lois Hamilton

Vicki

SM
Santos Morales

Cortez

PM
Pierrino Mascarino

Maitre D'

HY
Harry Yorku

Pirate Musician

BW
Bob Wells

Stan Greene

SS
Scot Samis

Russ

TB
Tom Blackwell

Gregg

SD
Saundra Dunson-Franks

Mrs. Gardner

Details

Written by
Jeremy Stevens, Mark Reisman
Type
Movies
Released
1985
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 20,618 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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