Sorry fellas. Summer Rental just didn't do it for me. And I saw it in the theater the summer before sixth grade, so that kind of comedy usually appealed to me, but this one didn't. But as I mentioned before, I still loved John Candy in it.
Not that Trump ever needed legitimate grounds to file a lawsuit, but wouldn't Powell have some level of official immunity to any claim for money damages?
He really was. And there are a few John Candy movies I just didn't like (Summer Rental, Armed and Dangerous, Hot to Trot). But even in those films, he played his characters with such genuine likeability.
And what about his hot minute in JFK, doing a bang up job going out of his usual character range?
I didn't think it was comedic. But I thought it might foreshadow something, and I expected it would somehow come to bite that prick square in the ass. Like McNulty would find out about it and use it against him.
The interview with Barbara Ayers-Wilson got me. She seemed fine at first, like enough time had passed and she was comfortable talking about her daughter's murder. But then watching her crying and visible heartbreak made me tear up.
Didn't see this posted anywhere, but a John Candy documentary produced by Ryan Reynolds and directed by Colin Hanks is premiering on Sept. 4 at the Toronto Film Festival and available on Prime on October 10.
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/john-candy-i-like-me-toronto-film-festival-1236417785/