Slam Dunk Ernest

Slam Dunk Ernest (1995)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 37% of users liked it
    (5,942 ratings)

Poor Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney). All he wants is to be a real basketball player on the amateur team with all the other janitors from his workplace. Unfortunately, they have all told him over and over that white guys like him just can't jump. That turns out to be true until he receives divine… More

PG,
Directed By
Genres
Comedy, Kids & Family
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1995 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

    Which Ernest # is this one?

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    Why oh, why did this movie get made?

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stacy A


    Even though I love every Ernest movie, there are a few things in this one that ticked me off. First, I think Ernest gets mistreated worse in this than in any other Ernest movie ever made. The Clean Sweep team didn't really want him to play and all Ernest wanted was to be a part… More

  • Anthony L


    Ernest started going a bit rubbish after a while, I think this was soon followed by Ernest has a dump, Ernest makes a cup of tea and Ernest gets thromboses. RIP Mr. Varney.

  • Bobby H


    Jim Varney plays the halarious Ernest and is the only thing that really makes this movie worth watching along with his teammates. The villians in this one is just pure annoying and the plot is not so good. It's an okay movie to watch for laughs, but beyond that it's kind… More

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