The Great Outdoors (1988)

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The Great Outdoors
DVD Price: $8.99
As of Jul 4 18:34 EDT (details)


Directed by	Howard Deutch
Cast	Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Chris Young, Lewis Arquette, Lucy Deakins, Ian Giatti and Robert Prosky
Theatrical Release	June 17, 1988
DVD Release	July 1, 1998
Running Time	91 minutes
MPAA Rating	PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
UPC Code	025192022821
Buy this item	$8.99 at Amazon.com As of Jul 4 18:34 EDT (details) 1 DVD, Universal Studios, Usually ships in 24 hours, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC Languages: English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Subtitled) Or 44 new from $6.06, 28 used from $3.90

About The Great Outdoors

This hit-and-miss 1988 comedy pairs John Candy and Dan Aykroyd in a story of one family's summer vacation all but ruined by the uninvited appearance of another, more loutish family. Howard Deutch (Some Kind of Wonderful) directs from a half-hearted John Hughes script, which reduces Hughes's jokes-and-epiphanies formula (The Breakfast Club, Home Alone) to true gaudiness. On the other hand, Annette Bening makes her screen debut here. The DVD release has a widescreen presentation, production notes, trailer, optional French soundtrack, and optional Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh Amazon.com

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User Reviews

Average user review:

(66 reviews)

CLASSIC!! Needs to be in your movie collection

I love this movie, if you have ever gone on a family vacation you can relate. Its just a classic John Candy flick and hilarious. A movie I can watch over and over and never get sick of.
A must have, it was a hit when I saw it in the 80's and still one of my favorites. February 15, 2008

Great Family Fun

This is a great movie to just sit down with the family and have some good laughs. John Candy is Hilarious and this is one of his greatest. I highly recommend this movie for the whole family to enjoy. January 12, 2008

An 80s must have!

This is one of my favorite films (that is a huge list by the way). As you may have gathered already it's about a family vacation that goes downhill when another family decides to show up with no invitation to join them in their cabin.

The comedy is perfectly 80s and a John Candy gem. Though some may say this is a family movie please be warned there is some minor use of "adult" language mostly A** and Sh** with a few adult situations. Movie ratings were not so strict back then so if you are a person who frowns on these things you might want to view it before you sit the family down to watch it, you have been warned.

Anyhow, if you like John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, or anything 80's buy this movie you won't regret it.

A top notch 5 out of 5. January 7, 2008

Great Outdoors

This is one of the greatest movies ever, I got it for my husband for Christmas and he had to watch it Christmas day. December 30, 2007

Not John Candy's Funniest, but a Great Family Comedy

This is a great family comedy about two brothers and their families that end up spending a family vacation together in a cabin. Our family watches this from time to time and think it is great because our family rents a cabin a few times a year and can relate to some of the movie. December 30, 2007

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