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The Great Outdoors(1988)

This is no holiday… this is war!

  • June 17, 1988
  • 1 h 31 min
  • PG
  • Comedy
6.4TMDB · 633 votes
6.6IMDb
44%Rotten Tomatoes
24/100Metacritic

Directed by: Howard Deutch

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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Cast

  • Dan Aykroyd

    Dan Aykroyd

    Roman Craig

  • John Candy

    John Candy

    Chet Ripley

  • Stephanie Faracy

    Stephanie Faracy

    Connie Ripley

  • Annette Bening

    Annette Bening

    Kate Craig

  • Chris Young

    Chris Young

    Buck Ripley

  • Lucy Deakins

    Lucy Deakins

    Cammie

  • Robert Prosky

    Robert Prosky

    Wally

  • Ian Giatti

    Ian Giatti

    Ben Ripley

  • Hilary Gordon

    Hilary Gordon

    Cara Craig

  • Rebecca Gordon

    Rebecca Gordon

    Mara Craig

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