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The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors

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

6.5(551 votes)
1988
1h 31m
Movie
EN
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.

Status:released
Budget:$24,000,000
Revenue:$43,455,230