The Great Outdoors Page #2

Synopsis: Big-hearted Chicago family man Chet has brought his family to a lakeside resort area, and although his wife and kids aren't quite as excited as he is, Chet has high hopes for the vacation. However, his optimism is sabotaged when his obnoxious brother-in-law Roman drops in unexpectedly, along with his snooty, strange family. Chet and his family try to stay open-minded, but they find it difficult to relax and enjoy themselves because of the constant annoyance of Roman's presence.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Howard Deutch
Production: Universal Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
24
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG
Year:
1988
91 min
4,750 Views


To see a bunch of people drop

that you hate. That'd be something else.

My goodness! My goodness me.

I'm going to walk down life's path

right now.

Get the barbecue going, hot dogs...

Wait a minute. No way.

Wait a hot sh*t minute.

Rule one - no relative of mine

is eating hot dogs

as long as he's sharing my cabin. Katie!

Do you sense the presence

of an alien life form?

Now you mention it, I do sense

something kind of strange.

Oh, sh...

Did I tell you

about the futures market?

- Probably.

- We got a Deutschmarks contract,

sat on it a week, sold it,

took in a 300% profit.

Well, easy money

is money easily lost.

I can't believe how old-fashioned

your thinking is.

- 300% profit, huh?

- Sometimes 200% or 100%.

Take the good with the bad.

Yeah. Still, that's pretty good.

Point of the matter is,

you should have your piece too.

Whoa! Hot!

- How are those tails?

- They're 28 bucks a pop.

had lobster since our anniversary.

- Oh, my God. A jumping lobster!

- Save that one.

- That'll be for me.

- I'll make sure of that.

The gourmet here wanted hot dogs.

You know what they're made of?

Lips and a**holes.

I'm old-fashioned. I like a**holes.

Ha! And I like lips!

If I could market lips like those,

I'd make another million!

Lobster turned out all right,

if I do say so myself.

We should go into town

and pick up a ski boat.

What do you say? Sound good, guys?

Uncle Roman will blow some coin

on a kick-ass drag boat.

We're renting a pontoon boat.

Pontoon boat. What are you going to do

with a pontoon boat?

Retake Omaha Beach?

Not at all. A pontoon boat,

you go out and cruise the lake.

You swim from them, fish from them,

even bring the barbecue out.

You have a great time.

You tour the lake in comfort.

You guys want to cruise in comfort

or would you rather skim the waves

in a jet boat?

Jet boat!

- Sorry, Dad.

- Attaboy, Benny!

All right, that's my man.

Care to put it to a vote?

We don't need a vote.

You want a jet boat, get a jet boat.

- Buck and I are getting a pontoon boat.

- Sorry, Dad.

Directly from the mouths of babes!

Are you going to argue

or enjoy yourselves?

I'm enjoying, Chet's arguing!

How about if the kids catch fireflies?

We can play cards.

Cara, Mara. You little dolls want

to go outside and catch fireflies?

Honey, they don't like bugs.

What? All kids like bugs. They're cute.

Especially fireflies.

Their butts light up.

I am a killer Monopoly player.

Roman taught me. He's vicious.

- Buddy Riecher died.

- Oh, no.

President of Energy Resources.

- Honey.

- Died in bed.

- He was your mentor, wasn't he?

- A man I admired.

- I'm trying to read here!

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