Movie·1988·91 min

The Great Outdoors

Name: The Great Outdoors
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1988-06-17
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Chris Young

The Great Outdoors streams in the US on Netflix, Philo and YouTube TV, and free with ads on YouTube Free, as of October 5, 2026.

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6.4 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 44%Audience 71%Metacritic 24IMDb 6.6Letterboxd 3.2

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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.

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