The Great Outdoors

1988·Movie
1h 31min
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65/100
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6.6
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About

This is no holiday… this is war!

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.
80s Family ComedyVacation MayhemSituational HumorPhysical ComedyCulture ClashJohn Candy ClassicComfort WatchNostalgic FunFamily Bonding

Crew

Directed by:
Howard Deutch, Walter Scott
Written by:
John Hughes
Produced by:
John Hughes, Charles Newirth, Arne Schmidt
Composed by:
Thomas Newman, Tom Kramer, C. Darin Knight

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