The Great Outdoors Movie Review 1988

Good cast is mostly wasted in another John Hughes's tale of vacation gone bad. A family's peaceful summer by the lake is disturbed by their uninvited, trouble-making relatives. Aykroyd and Candy are two funny guys done in by a lame script that awkwardly examines friendship and coming of age and throws in a giant bear when things get unbearably slow. May be fun for small fry.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Vacations, Wilderness, Bears, Summer Camp, Coming of Age, Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews, Cousins, Family Comedy

Screenplay

John Hughes

Cast

Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Chris Young, Lucy Deakins, John Bloom

Cinematography

Ric Waite

Director

Howard Deutch

Music

Thomas Newman

Producer

Mark Huffam, John Hughes