Film

The Great Outdoors

1988 · 1h 31m · Comedy

This is no holiday… this is war!

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

44%

Metacritic

24

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.

Dan Aykroyd

Roman Craig

John Candy

Chet Ripley

Stephanie Faracy

Connie Ripley

Annette Bening

Kate Craig

Chris Young

Buck Ripley

Lucy Deakins

Cammie

Robert Prosky

Wally

Ian Giatti

Ben Ripley

Hilary Gordon

Cara Craig

Rebecca Gordon

Mara Craig

Zoaunne LeRoy

Juanita

Nancy Lenehan

Waitress

John Bloom

Jimbo

Lewis Arquette

Herm

Britt Leach

Reg

Cliff Bemis

Boat Yard Owner

• Howard DeutchDirector
• John HughesWriter · Executive Producer
• Arne SchmidtProducer
• Tom JacobsonExecutive Producer
• Ric WaiteDirector of Photography
• Robert C. ThomasDirector of Photography
• Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
• Seth FlaumEditor
• William D. GordeanEditor
• Tom RolfEditor

The Great Outdoors - Trailer

Release date

June 17, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG

Budget

$24,000,000

Revenue

$43,455,230

Genres

Comedy

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