The Great Outdoors (1988)

This is no holiday… this is war!

• Comedy

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.

Rating

6.5 / 10 (649 votes)

Release date

June 17, 1988

Runtime

1h 31m

Language

English

Director

Howard Deutch

Status

Released