Review of The Great Outdoors (1988) by Konrad W — 25 Dec 2015

Great classic comedy, where Dan A. and John C. are in top at this time. I can watch them all the time.

This review of The Great Outdoors (1988) was written by Konrad W on 25 Dec 2015.

The Great Outdoors has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Great Outdoors

Review of The Great Outdoors (1988)

By Al M (1,263) on 22 Jan 2014

The Great Outdoors did not quite live up to my memories from childhood, but it is still a heartwarming and funny (if also somewhat cheesy and…

Read Review

Review of The Great Outdoors (1988)

By Sam M (1,488) on 23 Jul 2017

I love this movie it is a classic it is so funny it has a awesome story line and tons of funny moments that will leave you laughing over super…

Read Review

Review of The Great Outdoors (1988)

By William H (687) on 10 Sep 2014

Man oh man I remember this movie as a child and rewatching it. It was a blast! Looks like the critics hated it but the average joe loved it…

Read Review

Review of The Great Outdoors (1988)

By Dawdlingpoet (1,123) on 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…

Read Review

Review of The Great Outdoors (1988)

By Shane Z (71) on 24 Jan 2014

Love anything John Hughes. Forgot how great funny John Candy was. Definitely miss his comedies…

Read Review

Review of The Great Outdoors (1988)

By Daniel D (1,629) on 23 Dec 2013

The more I think about The Great Outdoors, more and more of its poor qualities come to mind, while anything positive starts disappearing…

Read Review

Review of The Great Outdoors (1988)

By Sean M (1,168) on 11 Mar 2015

It's not comedic genius, but John Candy and Dan Aykroyd always make for a funny movie…

Read Review

Review of The Great Outdoors (1988)

By Bill S (2,971) on 27 Mar 2015

A Great Outdoors Vacation **** An 80's Classic Comedy That's Not The Best Comedy In The USA But It Sure To Entertain Most Audiences Even Today…

Read Review

Review of The Great Outdoors (1988)

By Stephen B (1,233) on 23 Oct 2017

John Candy seems to be able to play only one type of character and I love it…

Read Review

Review of The Great Outdoors (1988)

By Gavin T (10) on 23 Jul 2017

I love this movie it is a classic it is so funny it has a awesome story line and tons of funny moments that will leave you laughing over super…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 07 May 2001

Even the youngest members of the audience appeared to be more interested in their dwindling soda supply than anything up on the screen…

Read Review

Review of The Gold Rush (1925)

By Paul A (1,065) on 24 Mar 2011

Some parts were funny but for the most part it was dull and boring…

Read Review

Review of Shrek the Third (2007)

By Jeri (5) on 07 Nov 2014

This movie is the worst movie at all times and it's mo use for dumb old dreamworks to make this movie.dreamworks animation is the worst place…

Read Review

Review of Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

By Elizabeth G (180) on 17 Aug 2009

Garland is good, but the movie is horrible…

Read Review

Review of Home Alone (1990)

By Heyitsmegrif4 (255) on 21 Jul 2012

I am sorry is this supposed to be funny? Is this supposed to be original…

Read Review

Review of Hot Summer (1968)

By Jake Euker (172) for F5 (Wichita, KS) (139) on 18 Feb 2007

I do recommend this almost charming picture to those with an interest, sociological or otherwise, in the slippery boundaries of hip…

Read Review

Review of A Christmas Story (1983)

By Kyle M (2,387) on 27 Dec 2015

Classic! That's all you need to know…

Read Review

Review of Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)

By Dane P (447) on 04 Jul 2015

If you don't find this movie funny then its not for you at all. Mr Hulot is a boring character just accidentally doing stuff…

Read Review

Review of Kolya (1996)

By Alejandro E (452) on 11 Oct 2013

Overrated Czech Republic Oscar winner for best foreign film tells the story of 50 something year old musician who goes into a marriage with…

Read Review

Review of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

By Hollis Chacona (53) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 02 Feb 2019

The John Hughes script must have taken him all of thirty minutes to write – simply a matter of a few name and location changes…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews