Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- rivalry
- family vacation
- suffering parent
- time off
- run down house
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Kerri Green — Jennifer Chester
- John Larroquette — Don Moore
- Joey Lawrence — Bobby Chester
- Aubrey Jene — Laurie Chester
- Dick Anthony Williams — Dan Gardner
- Richard Herd — Angus MacLachlan
- Carmine Caridi — Ed
- Lois Hamilton — Vicki
- Francis X. McCarthy — Hal
- Santos Morales — Cortez
- Pierrino Mascarino — Maitre D'
- Directed
- Carl Reiner
- Written
- Mark Reisman, Jeremy Stevens
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 243 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commision, Bernie Brillstein Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
