The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors
by Howard Deutch

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Actor: Annette Bening, Chris Young, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy
Director: Howard Deutch
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Ric Waite
Producer: Arne Schmidt
Producer: Elena Spiotta
Producer: John Hughes
Writer: John Hughes
Producer: Stephen Lim
Producer: Tom Jacobson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-07-01
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Reviews of The Great Outdoors

DVD Review: Candy+Akroyd Are Hiliarious!
Summary: 4 Stars

I miss John Candy movies. He was a great comedian and the tet-a-tet with Dan Akroyd is humorous.

DVD Review: A favorite
Summary: 5 Stars

One of our family favorites. Not an Oscar contender, but a simple move that is funny for the family.

DVD Review: CLASSIC!! Needs to be in your movie collection
Summary: 5 Stars

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.

DVD Review: Great Family Fun
Summary: 5 Stars

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.

DVD Review: An 80s must have!
Summary: 5 Stars

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.

Description of The Great Outdoors

The candy family heads for the hills in search of relaxation and a tranquil summer by the lake but ends up with comic chaos. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/14/2006 Starring: Dan Aykroyd John Candy Run time: 91 minutes Rating: Pg

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

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