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The Great Outdoors (1988)
- PG
- 06/17/1988 (US)
- Comedy
- 1h 31m
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.
Howard Deutch
DirectorJohn Hughes
WriterCast
![Dan Aykroyd's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/iVMmeVJx8IpCEjlGBZWzIWvX5Qo.jpg)
Dan Aykroyd
Roman Craig![John Candy's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/fV3ToInjF83VdNxMBTpRpSrDZsx.jpg)
John Candy
Chet Ripley![Stephanie Faracy's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/aTdtWjGG8p2kXg1NA0ZskN3b1cl.jpg)
Stephanie Faracy
Connie Ripley![Annette Bening's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/sBiiRwAVXd0FCRZ87m0I89qGBvy.jpg)
Annette Bening
Kate CraigChris Young
Buck Ripley![Lucy Deakins's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/bgcnhSO11zMShUxjhnx8G3uIJno.jpg)
Lucy Deakins
Cammie![Robert Prosky's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/yV95RE8UGyN8rZYF9W4fOGaAV6U.jpg)