Annette Bening, Chris Young, Dan Aykroyd
A Chicago man's hope for a peaceful family vacation in the woods is shattered when the annoying in-laws drop in.
DVD Release Date: June 30, 1998
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August 8, 2009And I mean no-brainer in the best possible sense! It seems whenever I'm down, Dad shoots out to HMV and picks me up a nice, cheesy 80s movie out of the £5 section - this time it was The Great Outdoors and boy, did it cheer me up! A major reason to love this movie is, of course, d...( read more)
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July 14, 2007A competent comedy like Uncle Buck and National Lampoon's Vacation films. There are great Bear and Raccoon jokes in here, as John Candy and Dan Aykroyd take their families camping. I laughed for enough of the jokes, but didn't love it.
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November 25, 2009This John Candy and Dan Aykroyd movie is completely goofy, but funny nonetheless. The two stars make up for any deficiencies with their great comic abilities.
My favourite parts are the raccoons and the bear because these make me laugh. -
November 15, 2009okay i loved this movie alot, i went to see it at a friend's house on her cable tv. it was pretty good.
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September 17, 2009This is a classic comedy from the 80's. Stars John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. They are both very funny in this. The film has a solid story of a man on vacation in the woods with his family when his in-laws invade their vacation. This of course leads to many funny moments. A solid com...( read more)
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August 30, 2009I had thought I had watched this film but surprizing, I didn't remember it very well. Except for a few scenes, it seemed kind new to me. But I liked the film and it was entertaining & funny but I expected much more of a knee slapper type comedy, which it wasn't. I would say to se...( read more)
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August 10, 2009"The Great Outdoors" is a fun late 80s comedy that includes the talents of John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. Now I will say that most of the film is incredibly predictable and the plot is almost entirely formulaic, yet despite it all, it's hard to truly hate this film. It's nothing mor...( read more)
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July 1, 2006I wanna see this movie. You know it's gotta be good. It had John Candy in it!
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