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The Great Outdoors
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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

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Review Date: February 8, 2010
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The movie I prefer is The Great Outdoors. When I watched that movie I laughed my head off. It is hilarious. The funniest part to me was when he shot an 8ft. bear in the butt and it knocked his hair off, it was pale white and it shined in the light



It's also filled with adventure. So the man goes down a mining hole to save his twin
daughters.Then he then he falls into the water that looks freezing cold, well he get's them
out but what he didn't know was that the 8ft. bear was in there watching him. Oh yeah
something else there is this dude Ridge who get's shocked by lightning 67 times and he's
got a white streak going down his head. He looks like a skunk.

The dude also gives two giant bears some candy . Oh my gosh one of the bears get's on the hood and tries to break the glass to get in. The other one is on the top of the car bouncing up and down. This movie is for all families.
Good Movie
 
Review Date: September 5, 2009
Reviewer: Billie,
Great Outdoors [VHS]
This is a really good Movie, SO glad we could get it.
Silly antics.
 
Review Date: August 30, 2009
Reviewer: ADRIENNE MILLER, TENNESSEE
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.
Candy+Akroyd Are Hiliarious!
 
Review Date: January 2, 2009
Reviewer: Joycelin Tui, Okinawa
I miss John Candy movies. He was a great comedian and the tet-a-tet with Dan Akroyd is humorous.
A favorite
 
Review Date: August 2, 2008
Reviewer: B. Bates, Santa Fe, NM USA
One of our family favorites. Not an Oscar contender, but a simple move that is funny for the family.