1988
6.5 (548 votes)
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Hughes Entertainment
Hughes Entertainment
The Great Outdoors
The wildlife is wild, but his brother-in-law in unbearable.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Ric Waite
Producer: Arne Schmidt
Writer: John Hughes
Director: Howard Deutch
Top Cast
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
Videos
The Great Outdoors - Trailer
