'The Great Outdoors', more like the middling outdoors. I remember catching part of this on what I think was a network TV showing circa 1990, but had never seen it all the way through. Directed by Mr. Lea Thompson, Howard Deutch it's great to see John Candy and Dan Aykroyd on screen in something that is essentially new to me. The John Hughesness of the John Hughes screenplay is almost overpowering, even if this is clearly one of his lesser works. All the pieces are there but it never came fully together emotionally for me, the way his best movies do. Lucy Deakins is in this, and man it's been a long time since I've seen her. **1/2.
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