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The Great Outdoors

PG
Movie
1988
1h 31m
English
Comedy
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It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.
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6.8
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Cast

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Dan Aykroyd
Roman Craig
John Candy
Chet Ripley
Stephanie Faracy
Connie Ripley
Annette Bening
Kate Craig
Chris Young
Buck Ripley
Lucy Deakins
Robert Prosky
Ian Giatti
Ben Ripley
Hilary Gordon
Cara Craig
Rebecca Gordon
Mara Craig
Zoaunne LeRoy
Nancy Lenehan
John Bloom
Lewis Arquette
Britt Leach
Cliff Bemis
Boat Yard Owner
Paul Hansen
Hot Dog Vendor
Debra Lee Ortega
Dancing Biker Girl
Sierra Somerville
Girl in Arcade
Christine Spiotta
Woman in Crowd
Chris Bass
Lodge Patron
Shirley Harris
Lodge Customer
Christopher Kinsman
Irate Customer
Andy Prosky
Grill Chef
Brian Healy
Man in Crowd
Directed By: Howard Deutch
Written By: John Hughes

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NotoriousX says...
9 years ago
I know it's predictable. I know the jokes are bad. I know the story is as cookie-cutter as most of Hollywoods late 80s effort. ...BUT...I still like it. Why? John Candy's in it!! I don't know what it was with that man, but he's as charismatic and funny as ever in a movie that shouldn't really have worked at all. I don't say you should go out and buy it, but stick with it if you catch it on TV. ...and do catch the joke with the talking raccoons after the end credits.
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Redina says...
8 years ago
One of my top favorite comedy movies of the 80s!
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siggi963 says...
3 weeks ago
Good fun movie for lovers of the Aykroyd and Candy humour. I certainly am and watch it as it is meant to watch. Light popcorn cinema where no thinking is asked for and required. Good fun.
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siggi963 says...
3 weeks ago
Good fun movie for lovers of the Aykroyd and Candy humour. I certainly am and watch it as it is meant to watch. Light popcorn cinema where no thinking is asked for and required. Good fun.
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Kamurai
4 years ago
Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, but can recommend for those on a late-eighties nostalgia kick.

Sometimes it is good to get in "The Way Back Machine" and see some of the movies that made people famous, and I liked Dan Aykroyd and John Candy.

The duplicitous plot and character More
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drqshadow
6/10  2 years ago
John Candy plays a humble family man who rents a lakeside cottage, hoping to share a few lasting memories with his kids in the same haunts he once explored as a younger man. Dan Aykroyd, his obnoxious brother-in-law, catches wind of the trip and tags along, inserting his own uninvited family to the More
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