Review of The Great Outdoors (1988) by Kevin Thomas for Los Angeles Times — 12 Jun 2016
The Great Outdoors is about as much fun as ants at a picnic for anyone over the age of 10. It's a crass, blah comedy about summer vacation perils that teams Dan Aykroyd and John Candy, but gives them next to nothing to work with.
If the prolific and profit-making John Hughes weren't the writer--as well as the co-executive producer--of this scattershot nonsense directed frenetically by Howard Deutch, it's hard to imagine the film getting made, let alone attracting Aykroyd and Candy.
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This review of The Great Outdoors (1988) was written by Kevin Thomas and published by Los Angeles Times on 12 Jun 2016.
The Great Outdoors has generally received mixed reviews.
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