Are you looking for a comedic cult classic to watch this spring? Then The Great Outdoors is just the movie for you. It has slapstick comedy, a relay of cheek-pain-inducing laughter, and a hilarious take on family vacations gone wrong. The movie was released in 1988, directed by Howard Deutch has been a family-watch feel-good movie ever since.
Here’s how you can watch and stream The Great Outdoors via streaming services such as AMC Plus.
Is The Great Outdoors available to watch via streaming?
Yes, The Great Outdoors is available to watch via streaming on AMC PlUS.
Now, you ask what makes it a comic gem? It is it’s plot. It revolves around two families, the Ripleys and the Craigs, and their one hell of a vacation. The story begins with Chet Ripley and his family booking a lakeside cabin to spend a peaceful vacation with his family. Chet’s idea was to bond with his family through simple activities like hiking and fishing. Here comes the twist, Chet’s brother-in-law, Roman Craig, a hoity-toity gadget freak shows up with his family at Chet’s rustic cabin.
This is where things are about to go downhill as both, Chet and Roman try to one-up each other only to land in outrageous misadventures. From fighting with bears to failed attempts at water skiing. However, these mishaps lead the characters into a frenzy of nostalgia and they understand the importance of family and sticking together. Overall, the frenzy of failed vacation makes the viewers cry with laughter.
The cast includes John Candy as Chet Ripley, Stephanie Faracy as Chet’s wife Connie Ripley, Don Ackroyd as Roman Craig, and Annette Bening as Kate Craig. Other supporting cast includes Chris Young as Buck Ripley, Lucy Deakins as Cammie, and Ian Giatti as Ben Ripley.
Watch The Great Outdoors streaming via AMC Plus
The Great Outdoors is available to watch on AMC Plus. AMC Plus offers other hilarious movies like Bridesmaids, The Hangover, Superbad, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Pitch Perfect.
You can watch via AMC Plus by following these steps:
- Go to AMCPlus.com
- Create a username and password
- Choose your plan:
- $8.99 per month
- $83.88 per year
Users can also subscribe to AMC Plus as a channel via Amazon Prime Video if they are current subscribers to Amazon’s service.
The Great Outdoors synopsis is as follows:
“It’s vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie’s obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple’s two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.”
NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.
