The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, written and produced by John Hughes, and starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy with supporting roles done by Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening (in her film debut), Chris Young, Lucy Deakins, and Robert Prosky. It tells the story of two families spending time on vacation at a lake resort in the fictional town of Pechoggin, Wisconsin.

The film was met with mixed reviews.

Plot

Chicagoan Chester Chet Ripley, his wife Connie, and their two sons, Buckley Buck and Ben, are vacationing at a lake resort in Pechoggin, Wisconsin, for the summer. They get their cabin from its owner Wally. All goes as planned until Connie s sister Kate, her investment broker husband Roman Craig, and their twin daughters Mara and Cara unexpectedly arrive uninvited.

Ghost stories after the family BBQ include one of a man-eating grizzly bear that Chet met directly when he was younger. Chet says that while he and Connie were honeymooning at the same lake, he was attacked by a giant grizzly bear. When he fired at it with a shotgun, the buckshot shaved the hair off the top of the bear s head and from then on, it was known as the Bald-Headed Bear of Clare County.

After Roman pulls Chet around the lake on an impromptu water ski ride with his rented speedboat, tensions between the families erupt. Chet is ready to pack up and go home, even as his teenage son Buck tries to romance a local girl Cammie. The budding romance goes well until Chet is challenged to eat a 96-ounce steak called the Old 96 er at a family dinner which causes Buck to break their date. Buck tries to apologize to Cammie for being late, but Cammie refuses to speak to him.

Connie and Kate bond at a local bar when the conversation drifts to Kate s feelings of loneliness with Roman despite their wealth. Later, just at the peak of tension between families, Roman tells of the time at his and Kate s wedding when he overheard a conversation between Chet and their father-in-law describing how they think Roman is a crooked businessman. Roman then tells Chet why he came up to visit: to offer Chet a $25,000 investment opportunity. Feeling guilty from the wedding story, Chet is initially reluctant, but eventually agrees to write Roman a check for the whole amount. The families say their goodbyes and Roman and his family head back to Chicago. On the car ride home, Kate praises Roman for including Chet in the investment, noting that $25,000 is a lot of money for Chet s family to part with. Now feeling guilty himself, Roman halts the car and returns to the cabin.

Upon his return, Roman confesses that the story about the wedding conversation never happened and that he is broke from some failed investments. His true intention for coming up to the lake was to solicit money from Chet to financially recover. During a thunderstorm, Kate discovers the twins have gone missing. Chet and Roman find them at the bottom of an old mine shaft, but the claustrophobic Roman is reluctant to descend into the tiny space. After some encouragement from Chet, Roman reluctantly climbs down into the mine, while Chet searches for a rope to pull them out. Upon realizing that the mine is stocked with old dynamite, Roman takes his daughters and escapes the shaft on his own.

Upon returning with the rope, Chet is horrified to discover the Bald-Headed Bear lurking in the mine. It chases him back to the cabin, smashes through the door, and rampages through the house. Wally bursts in with a loaded shotgun lamp while Roman tries to hold off the animal with a fireplace poker and an oar. Chet takes the shotgun lamp and shoots the bear, blowing the fur off its rear. Roaring in pain, the bear runs out of the house making painful noises.

The next morning, the families part on amicable terms. Cammie accepts Buck s apologies and they end their brief romance. When Chet wonders what Roman meant by he ll see him soon, Connie states that she invited the Craigs to stay with them until they can recover. The Ripleys return to Chicago as Chet plans to beat the Craigs to their house first.

During the credits, Chet, Connie, Roman, and Kate are in a bar dancing to Land of a Thousand Dances .

In a post-credits scene, two members of the raccoon family (who rummaged through the trash cans throughout the film) talk in their language about Jody sitting in the lake. One of them learns about what happened and states that she is now bald on both ends .

Cast

• Dan Aykroyd as Roman Craig, a supposed investment broker
• John Candy as Chester Chet Ripley, the patriarch of his family
• Stephanie Faracy as Connie Ripley, Chet s wife
• Annette Bening as Kate Katie Craig, Connie s sister
• Chris Young as Buckley Buck Ripley, Chet and Connie s older son
• Lucy Deakins as Cammie, a local girl who Buck develops a crush on
• Robert Prosky as Wally, the owner of the cabin that the Ripleys and the Craigs stay in
• Ian Giatti as Benjamin Benny Ripley, Chet and Connie s younger son
• Hilary Gordon and Rebecca Gordon as Cara and Mara Craig, Roman and Kate s twin daughters
• Lewis Arquette as Herm
• Britt Leach as Reg, a man who has been struck by lightning 66 times, then 67 by the end of the film
• Bart the Bear as Jody the Bald-Headed Bear, a grizzly bear who lost her fur on top of its head during a previous encounter with Chet. Bart s bear stunts are performed by Clint Youngreen and Gary Morgan.

Filming

Filming locations

The film was shot on location in Bass Lake, California, a small resort town near Sierra National Forest over three weeks in October 1987. Ducey s Bass Lake Lodge, a rustic 1940s resort, was featured as Wally and Juanita s Perk s Pine Lodge. The Loon s Nest vacation cabin, built on the backlot at Universal Studios, was designed to match the style of Ducey s existing cabins.

Production

The film was shot under the working title Big Country , but was changed to avoid confusion with Big which was due to come out at the same time.

In the original John Hughes script, Roman s redemption came through a daring rescue of his twin girls who had caught a giant fish that towed them around the lake in a small rowboat. A mechanical fish was built for the film. But when it could not be made to work correctly, the script was re-written around the legend of the bald-headed bear and the chase in the final act.

Reception

The Great Outdoors earned a mixed response from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 41% from 17 reviews.

In her review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin reported that the film did not have enough collective energy to light a campfire. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called the film as a crass, blah comedy about summer vacation perils and said he was surprised the film got made at all. He described the end credits sequence where Aykroyd and Candy dance to Wilson Pickett s Land of a Thousand Dances as the only genuine fun and energy in the entire film. Imagine that it s raining cats and dogs and you re locked in a north woods cabin for weeks with the people you like least, and you ll pretty much have a feel for what it s like to sit through this movie, said Hal Hinson of The Washington Post.

Box office

The film grossed $6,121,115 in its opening weekend and ended up with a North American domestic box office gross of $41,455,230, and a worldwide gross of $43,455,230.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack for the film was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and featured many of the songs used in the film.

Other appearances

Before The Great Outdoors appeared in theaters, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, and Chris Young portrayed their roles during the end credits of She s Having a Baby where they are among the people that pitch the idea names for the baby son of Jake and Kristy.

Reboot and sequel

On April 27, 2017, Universal Pictures announced that a reboot of the film starring Kevin Hart and produced by Michael De Luca was in development.

In a November 2, 2021 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Aykroyd said that he was working on a sequel with Deutch titled The Great Outlaws that would bring back Roman as a Ponzi scheme guy who victimizes a federal agent. In the interview, Aykroyd also said that he was looking for the Candy figure to cast in the film.

The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, written and produced by John Hughes, and starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy with supporting roles done by Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening (in her film debut), Chris Young, Lucy Deakins, and Robert Prosky. It tells the story of two families spending time on vacation at a lake resort in the fictional town of Pechoggin, Wisconsin.

The film was met with mixed reviews.

Plot

Chicagoan Chester Chet Ripley, his wife Connie, and their two sons, Buckley Buck and Ben, are vacationing at a lake resort in Pechoggin, Wisconsin, for the summer. They get their cabin from its owner Wally. All goes as planned until Connie s sister Kate, her investment broker husband Roman Craig, and their twin daughters Mara and Cara unexpectedly arrive uninvited.

Ghost stories after the family BBQ include one of a man-eating grizzly bear that Chet met directly when he was younger. Chet says that while he and Connie were honeymooning at the same lake, he was attacked by a giant grizzly bear. When he fired at it with a shotgun, the buckshot shaved the hair off the top of the bear s head and from then on, it was known as the Bald-Headed Bear of Clare County.

After Roman pulls Chet around the lake on an impromptu water ski ride with his rented speedboat, tensions between the families erupt. Chet is ready to pack up and go home, even as his teenage son Buck tries to romance a local girl Cammie. The budding romance goes well until Chet is challenged to eat a 96-ounce steak called the Old 96 er at a family dinner which causes Buck to break their date. Buck tries to apologize to Cammie for being late, but Cammie refuses to speak to him.

Connie and Kate bond at a local bar when the conversation drifts to Kate s feelings of loneliness with Roman despite their wealth. Later, just at the peak of tension between families, Roman tells of the time at his and Kate s wedding when he overheard a conversation between Chet and their father-in-law describing how they think Roman is a crooked businessman. Roman then tells Chet why he came up to visit: to offer Chet a $25,000 investment opportunity. Feeling guilty from the wedding story, Chet is initially reluctant, but eventually agrees to write Roman a check for the whole amount. The families say their goodbyes and Roman and his family head back to Chicago. On the car ride home, Kate praises Roman for including Chet in the investment, noting that $25,000 is a lot of money for Chet s family to part with. Now feeling guilty himself, Roman halts the car and returns to the cabin.

Upon his return, Roman confesses that the story about the wedding conversation never happened and that he is broke from some failed investments. His true intention for coming up to the lake was to solicit money from Chet to financially recover. During a thunderstorm, Kate discovers the twins have gone missing. Chet and Roman find them at the bottom of an old mine shaft, but the claustrophobic Roman is reluctant to descend into the tiny space. After some encouragement from Chet, Roman reluctantly climbs down into the mine, while Chet searches for a rope to pull them out. Upon realizing that the mine is stocked with old dynamite, Roman takes his daughters and escapes the shaft on his own.

Upon returning with the rope, Chet is horrified to discover the Bald-Headed Bear lurking in the mine. It chases him back to the cabin, smashes through the door, and rampages through the house. Wally bursts in with a loaded shotgun lamp while Roman tries to hold off the animal with a fireplace poker and an oar. Chet takes the shotgun lamp and shoots the bear, blowing the fur off its rear. Roaring in pain, the bear runs out of the house making painful noises.

The next morning, the families part on amicable terms. Cammie accepts Buck s apologies and they end their brief romance. When Chet wonders what Roman meant by he ll see him soon, Connie states that she invited the Craigs to stay with them until they can recover. The Ripleys return to Chicago as Chet plans to beat the Craigs to their house first.

During the credits, Chet, Connie, Roman, and Kate are in a bar dancing to Land of a Thousand Dances .

In a post-credits scene, two members of the raccoon family (who rummaged through the trash cans throughout the film) talk in their language about Jody sitting in the lake. One of them learns about what happened and states that she is now bald on both ends .

Cast

• Dan Aykroyd as Roman Craig, a supposed investment broker
• John Candy as Chester Chet Ripley, the patriarch of his family
• Stephanie Faracy as Connie Ripley, Chet s wife
• Annette Bening as Kate Katie Craig, Connie s sister
• Chris Young as Buckley Buck Ripley, Chet and Connie s older son
• Lucy Deakins as Cammie, a local girl who Buck develops a crush on
• Robert Prosky as Wally, the owner of the cabin that the Ripleys and the Craigs stay in
• Ian Giatti as Benjamin Benny Ripley, Chet and Connie s younger son
• Hilary Gordon and Rebecca Gordon as Cara and Mara Craig, Roman and Kate s twin daughters
• Lewis Arquette as Herm
• Britt Leach as Reg, a man who has been struck by lightning 66 times, then 67 by the end of the film
• Bart the Bear as Jody the Bald-Headed Bear, a grizzly bear who lost her fur on top of its head during a previous encounter with Chet. Bart s bear stunts are performed by Clint Youngreen and Gary Morgan.

Filming

Filming locations

The film was shot on location in Bass Lake, California, a small resort town near Sierra National Forest over three weeks in October 1987. Ducey s Bass Lake Lodge, a rustic 1940s resort, was featured as Wally and Juanita s Perk s Pine Lodge. The Loon s Nest vacation cabin, built on the backlot at Universal Studios, was designed to match the style of Ducey s existing cabins.

Production

The film was shot under the working title Big Country , but was changed to avoid confusion with Big which was due to come out at the same time.

In the original John Hughes script, Roman s redemption came through a daring rescue of his twin girls who had caught a giant fish that towed them around the lake in a small rowboat. A mechanical fish was built for the film. But when it could not be made to work correctly, the script was re-written around the legend of the bald-headed bear and the chase in the final act.

Reception

The Great Outdoors earned a mixed response from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 41% from 17 reviews.

In her review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin reported that the film did not have enough collective energy to light a campfire. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called the film as a crass, blah comedy about summer vacation perils and said he was surprised the film got made at all. He described the end credits sequence where Aykroyd and Candy dance to Wilson Pickett s Land of a Thousand Dances as the only genuine fun and energy in the entire film. Imagine that it s raining cats and dogs and you re locked in a north woods cabin for weeks with the people you like least, and you ll pretty much have a feel for what it s like to sit through this movie, said Hal Hinson of The Washington Post.

Box office

The film grossed $6,121,115 in its opening weekend and ended up with a North American domestic box office gross of $41,455,230, and a worldwide gross of $43,455,230.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack for the film was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and featured many of the songs used in the film.

Other appearances

Before The Great Outdoors appeared in theaters, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, and Chris Young portrayed their roles during the end credits of She s Having a Baby where they are among the people that pitch the idea names for the baby son of Jake and Kristy.

Reboot and sequel

On April 27, 2017, Universal Pictures announced that a reboot of the film starring Kevin Hart and produced by Michael De Luca was in development.

In a November 2, 2021 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Aykroyd said that he was working on a sequel with Deutch titled The Great Outlaws that would bring back Roman as a Ponzi scheme guy who victimizes a federal agent. In the interview, Aykroyd also said that he was looking for the Candy figure to cast in the film.

Year	1988
ReleaseDate	1988-06-17
RuntimeMins	91
RuntimeStr	1h 31min
Plot	A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law.
Directors	Howard Deutch
Writers	John Hughes
Stars	Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy
Produced by	John Hughes,Tom Jacobson,Stephen Lim,Arne Schmidt,Elena Spiotta
Music by	Thomas Newman
Cinematography by	Ric Waite
Film Editing by	Seth Flaum,William D. Gordean,Tom Rolf
Casting By	Judith Weiner
Production Design by	John W. Corso
Set Decoration by	John H. Anderson
Costume Design by	Marilyn Vance
Makeup Department	Rob Bottin,Alan Friedman,Ben Nye III,Carol A. O Connell,Julie C. Steffes,Rick Stratton,Dione Taylor,Steve LaPorte
Production Management	Charles Newirth,Sean Daniel
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Sam Epstein,Christine Larson-Nitzsche,Stephen Lim,Walter Scott,B. Scott Senechal
Art Department	Ronald S. Baratie,Dennis Benda,Richard Bennett,Sharon Busse,Carl Butz,Donald S. Foster,Jerry Gadette,Ricardo Gallardo,Mike Higelmire,Bill King,Gary Kudroff,Peter Lamppu,John Leone,Louis M. Mann,Richard Mazzotti,Dennis J. Parrish,Hope M. Parrish,Phil Read,John A. Scott III,Tom Urioste,Greg Villalva,Ted Wilson,Richard Baum,Michael A. Tice
Sound Department	Donald A. Bolger,Charles J. Bond,Jim Borgardt,Allan Bromberg,Michael C. Casper,Melinda Cooke,Blake R. Cornett,Dino Dimuro,Doreen A. Dixon,Roberta Doheny,Dan Engstrom,Mark Gordon,William Hartman,David M. Ice,David Jansen,Roxanne Jones,Jeffrey Kaplan,C. Darin Knight,Andy MacDonald,James Matheny,Tom C. McCarthy,Thomas Meloeny,James Moriana,Gary D. Rogers,Edward Rossi,Tanya Sharp David,John Shouse,Mary Ruth Smith,Bill Varney,Don S. Walden,Jeffrey Wilhoit,David Williams,Steve Kohler,Victoria Rose Sampson,Jerry Trent
Special Effects by	Dan Cangemi,John Frazier,Rocky Gehr,Elmer Hui,Thomas Mertz,Francis Pennington,Mike Reedy,David Wischnack,Jeffrey A. Wischnack,Dick Wood,Michael Burnett,Tim Turner
Visual Effects by	Bob O Neil
Stunts	Linda Arvidson,Elizabeth Barrington,Steve Bolan,Ty Crowley,Laura Dash,Scott Dockstader,Jeff Jensen,Robert LaPoint,Daniel K. Moore,Gary Morgan,Robbi Morgan,Roger Morgan,Manny Perry,Ben Scott,John-Clay Scott,Walter Scott,Clint Youngreen,Manny Perry,John-Clay Scott
Camera and Electrical Department	Matthew E. Alper,Steve Boldroff,Carl Boles,George W. Borthwick,Joe Castagnoli,Harley Christensen,Stephen Clark,Billy Clevenger,Dick Colean,Jim Fine,Roger Gebhard,Kris Gregg,Terry Hawker,Susan C. Ingram,Robin Alan Knight,Gemma La Mana,John London,E. Scott Mayhugh,Dennis McLean,Richard A. Mention III,Rick Neff,Charles E. Nippell,Chris Reason,Richard Smock,Robert C. Thomas,Ken Tosic,Rick Tschudin,Richard R. Waite,Don Whipple,Wayne Baker
Casting Department	Nancy Mott,Karen Semler
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Gala Autumn,Elinor Bardach,Greg Hall,Silvio Scarano
Editorial Department	Tom Allen,Anita Brandt Burgoyne,Jacqueline Cambas,Jean Caperonis,Francine Fleishman,Vicki Hiatt,Penney May,Dan Muscarella,Ray Sabo,Lisa M. Varney
Location Management	Paul E. Brooks,Donald A. Potts
Music Department	Michael Boddicker,Tom Boyd,Emma Dikson,Tarquin Gotch,Les Hemstock,Nicky Holland,Tom Kramer,Maggie Ostroff,Thomas Pasatieri,Ron Payne,Cassandra Richburg,Dennis S. Sands,Chas Smith,John Vigran,George Doering,Maria Newman,Bruce Robb,James Thatcher
Script and Continuity Department	Pamela Alch,Karen Hale Wookey
Transportation Department	Dave Busick,Bob Cornell,Timothy P. Ryan,Tom F. Thomas
Additional Crew	Tom Ajar,Jacqueline G. Arthur,Catherine Battistone,Keith Bauer,Bruce A. Block,Paul A. Calabria,Bill Capizzi,Allegra Clegg,Amy Feldman,Ron Filbert,Wayne Fitzgerald,Jan Garner,Tim Gonzales,Cheryl Harris,Christopher Kinsman,Shelley Kirkwood,Steve Kramer,Willie Kupahu,Luisa Leschin,Rick Lowry,Donna Martin,Steve Martin,Wendy Oates,Kenny Ortega,Tom C. Peitzman,Christina Rosati,Doug Seus,Lynne Seus,Todd Trotter,Daniel Wheatcroft,Thomas White,Tom Williams,Marcia Wolf,Clint Youngreen,Tim Ahrend,Dan Aykroyd,John Beers,Greg Knapp,Nancy Neumann,Jean M. Simpson
Genres	Comedy
Companies	Universal Pictures, Hughes Entertainment
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	PG
ImDbRating	6.6
ImDbRatingVotes	47244
MetacriticRating	24
Keywords	bear,husband wife relationship,brother in law brother in law relationship,teenage boy,raccoon
Year	1988
ReleaseDate	1988-06-17
RuntimeMins	91
RuntimeStr	1h 31min
Plot	A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law.
Directors	Howard Deutch
Writers	John Hughes
Stars	Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy
Produced by	John Hughes,Tom Jacobson,Stephen Lim,Arne Schmidt,Elena Spiotta
Music by	Thomas Newman
Cinematography by	Ric Waite
Film Editing by	Seth Flaum,William D. Gordean,Tom Rolf
Casting By	Judith Weiner
Production Design by	John W. Corso
Set Decoration by	John H. Anderson
Costume Design by	Marilyn Vance
Makeup Department	Rob Bottin,Alan Friedman,Ben Nye III,Carol A. O Connell,Julie C. Steffes,Rick Stratton,Dione Taylor,Steve LaPorte
Production Management	Charles Newirth,Sean Daniel
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Sam Epstein,Christine Larson-Nitzsche,Stephen Lim,Walter Scott,B. Scott Senechal
Art Department	Ronald S. Baratie,Dennis Benda,Richard Bennett,Sharon Busse,Carl Butz,Donald S. Foster,Jerry Gadette,Ricardo Gallardo,Mike Higelmire,Bill King,Gary Kudroff,Peter Lamppu,John Leone,Louis M. Mann,Richard Mazzotti,Dennis J. Parrish,Hope M. Parrish,Phil Read,John A. Scott III,Tom Urioste,Greg Villalva,Ted Wilson,Richard Baum,Michael A. Tice
Sound Department	Donald A. Bolger,Charles J. Bond,Jim Borgardt,Allan Bromberg,Michael C. Casper,Melinda Cooke,Blake R. Cornett,Dino Dimuro,Doreen A. Dixon,Roberta Doheny,Dan Engstrom,Mark Gordon,William Hartman,David M. Ice,David Jansen,Roxanne Jones,Jeffrey Kaplan,C. Darin Knight,Andy MacDonald,James Matheny,Tom C. McCarthy,Thomas Meloeny,James Moriana,Gary D. Rogers,Edward Rossi,Tanya Sharp David,John Shouse,Mary Ruth Smith,Bill Varney,Don S. Walden,Jeffrey Wilhoit,David Williams,Steve Kohler,Victoria Rose Sampson,Jerry Trent
Special Effects by	Dan Cangemi,John Frazier,Rocky Gehr,Elmer Hui,Thomas Mertz,Francis Pennington,Mike Reedy,David Wischnack,Jeffrey A. Wischnack,Dick Wood,Michael Burnett,Tim Turner
Visual Effects by	Bob O Neil
Stunts	Linda Arvidson,Elizabeth Barrington,Steve Bolan,Ty Crowley,Laura Dash,Scott Dockstader,Jeff Jensen,Robert LaPoint,Daniel K. Moore,Gary Morgan,Robbi Morgan,Roger Morgan,Manny Perry,Ben Scott,John-Clay Scott,Walter Scott,Clint Youngreen,Manny Perry,John-Clay Scott
Camera and Electrical Department	Matthew E. Alper,Steve Boldroff,Carl Boles,George W. Borthwick,Joe Castagnoli,Harley Christensen,Stephen Clark,Billy Clevenger,Dick Colean,Jim Fine,Roger Gebhard,Kris Gregg,Terry Hawker,Susan C. Ingram,Robin Alan Knight,Gemma La Mana,John London,E. Scott Mayhugh,Dennis McLean,Richard A. Mention III,Rick Neff,Charles E. Nippell,Chris Reason,Richard Smock,Robert C. Thomas,Ken Tosic,Rick Tschudin,Richard R. Waite,Don Whipple,Wayne Baker
Casting Department	Nancy Mott,Karen Semler
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Gala Autumn,Elinor Bardach,Greg Hall,Silvio Scarano
Editorial Department	Tom Allen,Anita Brandt Burgoyne,Jacqueline Cambas,Jean Caperonis,Francine Fleishman,Vicki Hiatt,Penney May,Dan Muscarella,Ray Sabo,Lisa M. Varney
Location Management	Paul E. Brooks,Donald A. Potts
Music Department	Michael Boddicker,Tom Boyd,Emma Dikson,Tarquin Gotch,Les Hemstock,Nicky Holland,Tom Kramer,Maggie Ostroff,Thomas Pasatieri,Ron Payne,Cassandra Richburg,Dennis S. Sands,Chas Smith,John Vigran,George Doering,Maria Newman,Bruce Robb,James Thatcher
Script and Continuity Department	Pamela Alch,Karen Hale Wookey
Transportation Department	Dave Busick,Bob Cornell,Timothy P. Ryan,Tom F. Thomas
Additional Crew	Tom Ajar,Jacqueline G. Arthur,Catherine Battistone,Keith Bauer,Bruce A. Block,Paul A. Calabria,Bill Capizzi,Allegra Clegg,Amy Feldman,Ron Filbert,Wayne Fitzgerald,Jan Garner,Tim Gonzales,Cheryl Harris,Christopher Kinsman,Shelley Kirkwood,Steve Kramer,Willie Kupahu,Luisa Leschin,Rick Lowry,Donna Martin,Steve Martin,Wendy Oates,Kenny Ortega,Tom C. Peitzman,Christina Rosati,Doug Seus,Lynne Seus,Todd Trotter,Daniel Wheatcroft,Thomas White,Tom Williams,Marcia Wolf,Clint Youngreen,Tim Ahrend,Dan Aykroyd,John Beers,Greg Knapp,Nancy Neumann,Jean M. Simpson
Genres	Comedy
Companies	Universal Pictures, Hughes Entertainment
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	PG
ImDbRating	6.6
ImDbRatingVotes	47244
MetacriticRating	24
Keywords	bear,husband wife relationship,brother in law brother in law relationship,teenage boy,raccoon