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The Great Outdoors

Comedy
6.5·1988·1h 31m

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 fishi...

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Cast

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Roman Craig

John Candy

John Candy

Chet Ripley

Stephanie Faracy

Stephanie Faracy

Connie Ripley

Annette Bening

Annette Bening

Kate Craig

Chris Young

Chris Young

Buck Ripley

Lucy Deakins

Lucy Deakins

Cammie

Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

Wally

Ian Giatti

Ian Giatti

Ben Ripley

DIRECTOR

Howard Deutch

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.