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Summary: A Perennial Favorite
Review: I adore "The Great Outdoors". This is one of my favorite John Candy movies of all time. Yeah it is no Shakespeare but I wouldn't have it any other way. Dan Ackroyd plays the obnoxious brother-in-law who crashes John Candy's family vacation up in the woods at a cozy little resort. Dan brings his neglected wife played by Annette Benning and their identical twin daughters who are bit on the scary side. The results is a non-stop laugh riot. No many how many times I have watched this film, I still find myself laughing uncontrollably, especially when the raccoons comes out at night to raid the trash cans. I loved it when the young raccoon is told what hot dogs are made of. Anyone familiar with Doug Seuss's bears would know that this is one of the films that the late Bart the Bear made as the bald-headed bear. I loved the final interaction between John Candy's character and the bald-headed bear. It is one of the funniest scenes in the film, next to the water-skiing scene. One of the classic moments in the film is when the entire family goes out to dinner and John Candy decides to order the ol' 96er (this enormous chunk of beef). I personally love "The Great Outdoors". It remains one of my favorite movies from the '80s. It is pure physical comedy. There are a lot worse films than this if you ask me, namely Carrot Top's lone film "Chairman of the Board".
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Summary: Great movie
Review: I have saw this movie a billion times. I think its a great family movie. You will never get sick of this movie no matter how many timees you see it
Rating:
Summary: Superb
Review: I love this film, its so funny, John Candy and Dan Ackroyd are superb in their roles.
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Summary: Downright hilarious!
Review: I love this movie, John Candy at his best with Dan Akroyd playing the uptight rich guy that we all love to hate. These two characters clash throughout the movie, displaying a great chemistry between the two actors. Watching this movie makes me sad that Candy is no longer with us, as he was just fun to watch.
The reason that I give this 4 stars is that I could not stand the forced summer teen romance that was a part of the formula for most movies in the 80's. They could have cut those bits out altogeher and it would have been better.
The physical comedy between John Candy and an eleven foot grizzly make this a classic and a must-have.
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Summary: ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES
Review: I LOVED this movie and would recommend it to everyone.
John Candy takes his family for a relaxing vaction in the mountains. To his surprise his obnoxious brother-inlaw, played by Dan Aykroyd and his family arrive. They were not welcome visitors.
Poor John tries desperately to have a relaxing time despite a cabin full of unwanted company. Unfortunately everything bad that can happen does. Including in this is another unwelcome guest, this time a bat. I'm telling you, I laughed myself silly over this scene. Perhaps it is because I have had such an adventure and it was much more fun watching someone else go through it. Of course the attack of the bald headed bear has to rank up there as well, as John and his brother-in-law try to protect their family against yet another unwanted guest.
This movie is a laugh a minute and one that will leave you with a giggle in your heart. Feeling down? Get this movie!
Truly a legacy of the one we all will greatly miss, Mr. John Candy.
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Summary: Excellent - for John Candy Fans
Review: I loved this movie. it's one of my favorite Candy vehicles. Keep the tape running through the end credits. The Bar/Dances sequence is great.
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Summary: Middle of the road Candy... with some great moments!
Review: I remember "The Great Outdoors" being downright hilarious when I first saw this on the big screen in 1988/89. Candy & Aykroyd were, dare I say, in their 'prime'. Over the years tho, it's lost some of it's luster when viewed on the smaller box. While there's no comparison to Candy's "Planes, Trains & Automobiles", or "Uncle Buck" (or even Aykroyd's "The Blues Brothers" or "Trading Places") this movie has an equally important spot on your DVD library shelf. In "The Great Outdoors", John Candy plays the caring good guy family man with a heart, named Chet. His obnoxious brother Roman (played to a tee by Dan Aykroyd) comes to the log cabin unannounced with his snob of a wife Kate (played by then newcomer Annette Bening). When Chet's realization of his nice quiet vacation in the outdoors is going to be ruined by his arrogant brother... he trys desperately to make the best of the situation. Some dull moments are interlaced here with some extremely funny scenes... including some witty raccoons; Chet unintentionally going waterskiing; a flying bat inside the log cabin; a big bald bear; and probably the best moment - Chet eating the "Big 96'er". Outside of the original movie trailer, this DVD comes with no extras what-so-ever. Perhaps this was a sign that this typical 80's comedy was destined for the bargain rack. Glad this is finally out on DVD in the year 2004... what took Universal Studios so long?
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Summary: The Great Outdoors is a blast!
Review: I've seen this movie I don't know how many times and there is still a scene missing from the DVD version. The scene that is missing is when John Candy and sons are attempting to squeeze the speed boat with trailer between two upright (vertical) canoes. A ranger played by Jerry Maren, (who is also seen in Leap of Faith as Officer Lowell) is frequently uncredited in films and is missing from this DVD version. I wonder why because the scene is as funny as the rest of the movie.Aside from this small omission, the movie is a great deal of fun (especially if you like John Candy and Dan Ackroid). Annette Bening also stars which adds to the flavor of the movie. In addition, if you have seen this movie on free TV, you haven't seen (or heard) some of the racoon subtitles (among other things). Also, the version I bought has Dolby Digital /5.1 channels of discrete audio as well as Dolby Surround/4 channels of encoded audio. What a great movie!
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Summary: Somebody taped our trips!
Review: If you have spent a week or two fishing with your relatives, you must watch this movie. It couldn't be more apropos. John Candy and Dan Akroyd are really excellent comedic partners. We had to pause the movie because we were laughing so hard and we didn't want to miss anything. An oldie but a goodie!
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Summary: A great knock about farce!!
Review: John Candy and Dan Aykroyd pair together in this compelling knock about farce about a man's holiday with his family interupted by his brother in law ,with hilairious results.Both candy and Aykroyd are superb in their roles, with the comic timing just spot on.This has to be one of the great 'out in the sticks' comedys, anyone wishing to exercise their funny bone, be sure to have this near the top of your viewing list.
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