Summer Rentals: 15 'What I Did On My Vacation' DVDs
Take time off from work, plunk down on the couch with some popcorn and a cold beverage, and let ''National Lampoon's Vacation,'' ''Little Darlings,'' and these 13 other films remind you of all the ways leaving home in summer just trips you up
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Meatballs, Bill Murray | WHAT IT'S ABOUT Camp North Star may not have the best food, the smartest staff, or as many activities as rival Camp Mohawk, but the
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Little Miss Sunshine | WHAT IT'S ABOUT The Hoovers drive from New Mexico to California in a beat-up (and slowly dying) yellow VW van so that 7-year-old Olive (Abigail
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Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, ...
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Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, ...
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The Sandlot | WHAT IT'S ABOUT New kid on the block Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry, above, far right) makes friends with the neighborhood boys and learns how to
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | WHAT IT'S ABOUT A group of four friends (Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, and Blake Lively) share a pair of magic jeans found at
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Scott Coffey, Joaquin Phoenix, ...
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Summer School, Courtney Thorne-Smith, ... | WHAT IT'S ABOUT No one wants to spend the summer in school, unless it's run by Mr. Shoop (Mark Harmon, pictured standing) and full of
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Summer Rental, John Candy, ... | WHAT IT'S ABOUT After flipping out at his job as an air traffic controller, Jack Chester (John Candy, pictured with Karen Austin) takes a mandatory
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Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown | WHAT IT'S ABOUT The ''Peanuts'' gang, at summer camp for the first time, compete in a river raft race against a group of bullies. WHY
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Turistas, Josh Duhamel | WHAT IT'S ABOUT A slew of beautiful ''gringo'' travelers (including Josh Duhamel) become stranded in a remote part of Brazil after their bus plunges down
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NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION (1983)
Chevy Chase, National Lampoon's Vacation | Whether you're a parent or a kid, this is probably the way you really remember the family road trip: as a Sisyphean obstacle course and
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Wet Hot American Summer, A.D. Miles, ... | WHAT IT'S ABOUT Welcome to 1981 and the last day at Camp Firewood, where the counselors (including Michael Showalter and A.D. Miles, above left and
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Little Darlings, Kristy McNichol, ... | WHAT IT'S ABOUT Ferris (Tatum O'Neal) and Angel (Kristy McNichol) compete to see who will lose their virginity first while at summer camp. WHY WE
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Rowan Atkinson, Mr. Bean's Holiday
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