#25 Box Office Hit of 1988

The Great Outdoors (1988)

Name: The Great Outdoors
Released: 1988-06-17
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Chris Young

"This is no holiday… this is war!"

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.