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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 3365
Released: July 1, 1998 |
| Our Price: $7.62 |
| Used Price: $3.56 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
THE CANDY FAMILY HEADS FOR THE HILLS IN SEARCH OF RELAXATION ANDA TRANQUIL SUMMER BY THE LAKE, BUT ENDS UP WITH COMIC CHAOS.
Description of The Great Outdoors:
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
The Great Outdoors Reviews:
Good Movie 
2009-09-05 - Great Outdoors [VHS]
This is a really good Movie, SO glad we could get it.
Silly antics. 
2009-08-30 - 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! 
2009-01-02 - I miss John Candy movies. He was a great comedian and the tet-a-tet with Dan Akroyd is humorous.
A favorite
2008-08-02 - One of our family favorites. Not an Oscar contender, but a simple move that is funny for the family.
CLASSIC!! Needs to be in your movie collection
2008-02-15 - I love this movie, if you have ever gone on a family vacation you can relate. Its just a classic John Candy flick and hilarious. A movie I can watch over and over and never get sick of.
A must have, it was a hit when I saw it in the 80's and still one of my favorites.
