Summer Vacation (2023 film)

Summer Vacation is a 2023 Spanish comedy film directed by Santiago Segura which stars Segura, Leo Harlem, Cristina Gallego, and Patricia Conde.

Plot

In Summer vacation time, divorced buddies Óscar and Félix apply for a temporary job as children's entertainers at an hotel, bringing in their own children so they can manage work-life interface.

Production

The film was written by and Santiago Segura. It is a Bowfinger International Pictures and Chapuzas Audiovisuales AIE production, with the participation of Netflix and Atresmedia, in association with Mogambo. It was shot in Tenerife in late 2022.

Release

Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 6 July 2023. It made a €1,079,026 gross in its opening weekend, with a total of €1,296,375 adding Thursday 6 figures.

Reception

Rubén Romero Santos of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, underscoring it to be Santiago Segura's most successful film in a long time.
Fausto Fernández of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be perhaps the best-rounded of the Santiago Segura films belonging to the director's all-audience era.