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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal Studios
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783227887
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783227884
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundFrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D20228D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 01, 1998
Running Time: 91 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 1988
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
When an unannounced, uninvited and unwelcome family of fun-loving misfits converge upon a lakeside resort to join their relatives for a summer of relaxation, the result is anything but restive in this raucous comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy., It's a vacationer's worst nightmare, as wheeler-dealer Aykroyd, his sexually repressed wife and eerie twin daughters join the easy-going Candy and his straight-laced clan for a season of fun in the sun. Unfortunately, the only thing these two in-laws have in common is their intense dislike for each other. Soon, it's brother-in-law against brother-in-law in an uproarious and hilarious fight to the finish to see which one really knows how to enjoy The Great Outdoors.
Amazon.com:
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
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
flipping through the channels I came upon this. love akroyd so I stuck around for a bit. Candy starts telling some spooky story and half scares the wits out of me! not what I expected at all. should have been rated nc-17. if I ever have kids this is going to be the one movie I WILL NOT LET THEM SEE even if they are begging to see it.
Rating:  -
Great Outdoors [VHS]
This is a really good Movie, SO glad we could get it.
Rating:  -
The Great Outdoors starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy is a film my parents loved but I always thought this was just a so-so comedy. Written by John Hughes, The Great Outdoors does have some funny moments but overall I found some of the slapstick kind of gross. Annette Bening is such an under-rated actress, I think she's a hoot! I wish John Candy would have done more drama flicks because I think he had it in him, you could tell this guy had range. This film is a mixed bag for me.
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I miss John Candy movies. He was a great comedian and the tet-a-tet with Dan Akroyd is humorous.
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One of our family favorites. Not an Oscar contender, but a simple move that is funny for the family.
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