Review of The Great Outdoors (1988) by Dawdlingpoet — 25 Nov 2021

This is a quite amusing, although pretty predictable and somewhat cliched comedy film, which is (for the most part) family friendly, although there are some more adult (sex and otherwise) references made but they'd mostly not be noticed by young kids, I imagine.

Its cheesy but its a very easy watch and it made me laugh a few times, which is the main thing surely. It was nice to see Dan Akroyd and John Candy on screen again. I'm sure I saw this film when I was a kid but I hadn't seen it in years and was offered it cheap from a friend, so I couldn't resist buying it - who wouldn't want a comedy to indulge in, given how negative things are at the moment in general?.

I wouldn't say its one of my favourite comedy films but its certainly worth a watch and is, at th every least, likely to make you chuckle a few times, as long as your ok with cheesy, visual/slapstick type comedy - if so then I definitely recommend this film but if not then perhaps you'd be better giving this a miss.

Also, a part of me wondered if the subtitles showing what the raccoons were thinking somehow inspired the Minions from the recent 'Despicable Me' films? but maybe that's just me lol.