The Great Outdoors (1988)
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Synopsis
A Chicago man's hope for a peaceful family vacation in the woods is shattered when the annoying in-laws drop in.
Cast
- Dan Aykroyd
- John Candy
- Stephanie Faracy
- Annette Bening
- Robert Prosky
- Chris Young
- Ian Giatti
- Hilary Gordon
- Rebecca Gordon
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Entertaining family movie for rainy nights and Christmas holidays.
William Thomas
Empire
The Great Outdoors is about as much fun as ants at a picnic for anyone over the age of 10. It's a crass, blah comedy about summer vacation perils that teams Dan Aykroyd and John Candy, but gives them next to nothing to work with. If the prolific and profit-making John Hughes weren't the writer--as well as the co-executive producer--of this scattershot nonsense directed frenetically by Howard Deutch, it's hard to imagine the film getting made, let alone attracting Aykroyd and Candy.
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
Though the film never becomes actively unfunny, neither does it do much more than tread water. The raccoons have a better time than the audience will.
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
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