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The Great Outdoors (1988)
6.6
PG
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Genre: Comedy
Release Date: June. 17,1988
Duration: 91min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Howard Deutch
Plot: For the outdoorsy Chicagoan Chet Ripley, his wife Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben, it was a holiday. Nevertheless, Connie's intrusive brother-in-law Roman Craig, his wife Kate, and their two kids ruin a quiet weekend of fishing at a lake house in Wisconsin. As the vacation goes on, the stuffy Craig family and the Ripleys start to get along less and less.
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Lucy Deakins
Keywords: holiday, best friend, roommate, cabin, family holiday, grizzly bear, wisconsin, attachment to nature
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