Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1988-06-17) |
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| BoxOffice: | $41,455,230 |
| Screen: | John Hughes |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures, Hughes Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 707: Dan Aykroyd - Roman Craig
- 7180: John Candy - Chet Ripley
- 14105: Stephanie Faracy - Connie Ripley
- 516: Annette Bening - Kate Craig
- 27504: Chris Young - Buck Ripley
- 171213: Lucy Deakins - Cammie
- 10360: Robert Prosky - Wally
Crews
- 26502: Howard Deutch - Director - Directing
- 153: Thomas Newman - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 11505: John Hughes - Writer - Writing
- 8277: Arne Schmidt - Producer - Production
- 11505: John Hughes - Executive Producer - Production
- 45861: Tom Jacobson - Executive Producer - Production
- 1728: Ric Waite - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
Kamurai
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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 plo ....
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"The Great Outdoors" is only a moderately entertaining film, although it does feature the unforgettably spectacular sight of John Candy water skiing. The grizzly bear action also works well and there is always an enthusiastic energy about this film which every member of the cast effo ....
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