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The Great Outdoors

The wildlife is wild, but his brother-in-law in unbearable.

★ 6.5 (559 votes) | 1988 | 1h 31m
Comedy
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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date June 17, 1988
  • Budget $24,000,000
  • Revenue $43,455,230
  • Production Universal Pictures, Hughes Entertainment

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