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The Great Outdoors

1988 • 1h31m Comedy

Rating

6.5/10

Popularity

3

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.

Details

Director

Howard Deutch

Screenplay

John Hughes

Cast

Dan Aykroyd

John Candy

Stephanie Faracy

Release date

6/17/1988

Status

Released

Budget

$24,000,000

Revenue

$43,455,230

Origin country

US

Vote count

583