Weekend at Bernie's

1989 "Bernie may be dead, but he's still the life of the party!"
6.4| 1h37m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 05 July 1989 Released
Producted By: 20th Century Fox
Country: United States of America
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Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

Genre

Comedy, Crime

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Director

Ted Kotcheff

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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GamerTab That was an excellent one.
Steineded How sad is this?
Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Scott_bonelle Just a perfect cult 80's that is very underrated unfortunately.
madisonwisconsinite Personally, my ONLY criticism to this film is the rampant heterosexism it shows. Plenty of female scantily clad characters, but do we get much of a look at the sexy Andrew McCarthy shirtless? No. I got nine genuine belly laughs while watching this movie, for only the second time. First saw it within a year of it coming out. Just watched it again in 2015, and it was still fresh in the quality of the story, and Bernie's refusal to . . . well, what Bernie "refuses" to do, you'll have to find out from watching it. Andrew, you were one of my first serious actor crushes as a teen, thanks for entertaining me. This film also features shooters that shoot more than six times - by who, and at what, you must watch to find out. I would also have to say that the film probably doesn't need to take two whole hours to tell its story. The scene with the speedboat dodging around the channel markers was a hoot.
FlashCallahan Richard and Larry are two best friends who discover that someone has been embezzling money from their company.When they inform their boss, Bernie Lomax, he is so apparently pleased that he invites then to his beach house for a weekend of fun and leisure and women.But once they arrive, they discover him dead! Richard wants to do the right thing and inform the authorities as quickly as possible, but Larry is determined to still try and have a weekend of fun and leisure and women.....First things first, if you don't like the sound of two men walking around with a dead body, making it do admittedly stupid, but very funny things, steer well clear.But if you can swallow your pride, and admit to the fact that you really want to see this, or have seen it just for the fact, that whenever the titular character falls, or gets 'hurt' in any way, it's a funny movie from start to finish.A farce on many levels, the film works because it's just so bright and sparky.The two leads are great, Silverman playing the straight guy, McCarthey playing the party animal, but both characters are very likable.It's just one of those movies that puts a big grin on your face, forgettable the minute its over, but still a lot of fun.
Martin Onassis Both McCarthy and Silverman were brat-packer b-s who never quite made it all the way. Both may be competent as a sensitive co-stars in a drama, but neither one of these guys cuts it in a comedy. The dead guy, played by Terry Kiser, never made me laugh once, although he does play dead very well, and seeing him dragged around did make me laugh. I just hated it when he started dancing - wow, was that terrible.For some reason Barry Bostwick isn't on the cast list at IMDb and he's the biggest star by far in the movie, and its only redeeming aspect other than the high production values in gorgeous Caribbean locations, plus a stunning female co-star who thankfully compliments an ethnically diverse supporting cast.I think it's incredible that a movie with such a tasteless premise got made, and says much about the wide-open blinding wealth of 80s Hollywood. Movies should be about realizing the preposterous, but ultimately, the boring lead actors and a seriously middle-school-intellect level script ultimately make this period piece from the now-worshiped 80s still nearly as bad a movie as it was when it came out.