The Great Outdoors

1988

91 min

6.4

Ends at

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.

Budget

$24,000,000

Genre

Comedy

Director

Howard Deutch

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Dan Aykroyd

John Candy

Stephanie Faracy

Annette Bening

Chris Young

Lucy Deakins

Robert Prosky

Ian Giatti

Hilary Gordon

Rebecca Gordon

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The Great Outdoors

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

  • John Candy

  • Stephanie Faracy

  • Annette Bening

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