Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
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62% of critics liked it
(13 reviews) -
47% of users liked it
(46,868 ratings)
Ernest (Jim Varney) gets a job as a fix-it man at a summer camp for troubled boys, but what he really wants to be is a counselor. This juvenile comedy, filled with potty humor and slapstick, chronicles his campaign to get a promotion. A consummate bungler, he ends up causing all kinds of comical… More Ernest (Jim Varney) gets a job as a fix-it man at a summer camp for troubled boys, but what he really wants to be is a counselor. This juvenile comedy, filled with potty humor and slapstick, chronicles his campaign to get a promotion. A consummate bungler, he ends up causing all kinds of comical chaos. Fortunately, he also ends up helping many of the campers. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- John R. Cherry III
- Genres
- Comedy, Kids & Family
- In Theaters
- May 22, 1987 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Typical, typical Ernest nonsense, cookie cutter funny.
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
Feverishly funny family fun
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Fred Topel, About.com
Ernest did much better in some of the follow-ups.
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
Totally undeserving of its status as a punchline, this may be no classic but it's a fine kiddie tale
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Audrey Rock-Richardson, Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
Just exactly like every other Ernest movie you've ever seen. And yet, Varney's innocent playfulness is somehow oddly appealing.
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Cast
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Jim Varney
as Ernest P. Worrell
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Victoria Racimo
as Nurse St. Cloud
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John Vernon
as Sherman Krader
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Iron Eyes Cody
as Old Indian Chief
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Lyle Alzado
as Bronk Stinson
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Gailard Sartain
as Jake
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Daniel Butler
as Eddy
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Hakeem Abdul-Samad
as Moustafa Hakeem-Jones
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Patrick Day
as Bobby Wayne
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Scott Menville
as Crutchfield
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Jacob Vargas
as Bubba Vargas
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Mac Bennett
as Technician
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Robert Green Benson III
as Camper
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Larry Black
as Mr. Tipton
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Danny Capri
as Danny
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Buck Ford
as Attorney Elliott Blatz
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Ivan Green
as Mr. Stewart
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Johnson West
as counselor Puckett
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Jeff Standing Bear
as Medicine Man
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Lance Bridgesmith
as Camper
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Michael Chappelear
as Camper
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Paulo Deleon
as Young Indian Brave
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Ivan Godwin Jr.
as Brave's Father
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Christian Haas
as Molly Steart
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Brenda Haynes
as Mrs. Stewart
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Todd Loyd
as Chip Ozgood
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Eddy Schumacher
as Counselor Stennis
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Richard Speight Jr
as Brooks
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Jean Wilson
as State Supervisor
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Andy Woodworth
as Pennington
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John Brown
as Technician
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Hugh Sinclair
as Counselor Sparks