Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

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• Directors C

  
  What we have here, is a one joke movie that's excruciatingly juvennile and gut bustingly corny but that's not to say it wasn't at all funny. Weekend at Bernie's has become a cultural icon and there's been a lot of cheap rip off's chunked out over the… More
  What we have here, is a one joke movie that's excruciatingly juvennile and gut bustingly corny but that's not to say it wasn't at all funny. Weekend at Bernie's has become a cultural icon and there's been a lot of cheap rip off's chunked out over the years that can't copy what this wacky, stupid movie could do. It wasn't that great and it's certainly one of the most idiotic movies i've ever seen in my life, but it was mildly amusing at the least.

• Dean !

  
  A silly yet fun and enjoyable comedy from the 80's. A typical comedy of the time, one for a blast from the past!

• Carlos M

  
  This movie is just plain awful, it really amazes me that it has become some sort of trashy cult along the years. Irritating and completely unfunny, it is unbearable to see a bunch of stupid characters incapable of noticing that a man is obviously dead.

• AJ V

  
  This isn't the best comedy of the year or anything, but it is very funny in a goofy, yet dark way, so I enjoy it anyway.

• Cassie H

  
  Hilarious, Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman are great...Definetely a 5 star movie!!!!!!!!! Love It!!! So awesome ;)

• Nicki M

  
  Just a fun, light 80's movie. Possibly rated it half a star more than it really deserves, but I always enjoy revisiting films from this decade, plus it deserves it just for the inclusion of Andrew McCarthy (where is he these days?!). Not much on plot - two young guys uncover a… More
  Just a fun, light 80's movie. Possibly rated it half a star more than it really deserves, but I always enjoy revisiting films from this decade, plus it deserves it just for the inclusion of Andrew McCarthy (where is he these days?!). Not much on plot - two young guys uncover a scam at work where Bernie has been stealing money, (but don't realise this is what they uncovered), so he decides to have them killed, only someone gets in first and kills him. A little more to it than that, but not much Cue many jokes of the guys dragging the dead body around and no one realising Bernie is actually dead. Bad taste I guess, but always gets a laugh out of me.

• Conner R

  
  Only a movie from the 80s could have this premise, it's just that weird and goofy. You'd think a movie about a dead body would be serious, but in no way does this contain an ounce of drama. That being said, it's hilarious and played out very well. Andrew McCarthy and… More
  Only a movie from the 80s could have this premise, it's just that weird and goofy. You'd think a movie about a dead body would be serious, but in no way does this contain an ounce of drama. That being said, it's hilarious and played out very well. Andrew McCarthy and his friend go to endless feats in order to get out of the mess that they somehow got involved with. The look is completely generic 80s and extra bright, making all the colors all kinds of crazy.

• KJ P

  
  It was memorable, but I think throughout my life it will fade away in the hundreds of other movies that I will forget!

• Anthony L

  
  Not the greatest 80's comedy but entertaining enough

• Bobby H

  
  Weekend with Bernie was a late 80's classic comedy. The actors are halarioius through out the entire movie and there's actually more to it then just two guys pretending there dead boss is still alive to enjoy a weeked. There's also a little romance comedy behind it… More
  Weekend with Bernie was a late 80's classic comedy. The actors are halarioius through out the entire movie and there's actually more to it then just two guys pretending there dead boss is still alive to enjoy a weeked. There's also a little romance comedy behind it and just the realation with the characters - everyone wants one good weekend away from work, how far would you go to make sure you get one? In there case it's pretending there dead boss is alive! Today we might be a little quick to take into consideration that this body would eventually smell and there is no reality beyond this flick, but how creative is it? Seriously! This movie is funny.

• Tim S

  
  What a piece of shit. Good job.

• danny d

  
  great stuff, one of the great comedies i saw at least 10 times as a kid

• Tim B

  
  This movie has become a punchline for any joke about really bad movies.

• Jason S

  
  I would have liked to have been in the meeting where this one was pitched. Or the one for the second one.

• Dean M

  
  A smattering of laughs along the way, this comedy has Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman doing everything they can to convince people that their murdered boss is still in the land of the living.

• Aaron N

  
  I guess this sounded good on paper...but then that paper should have been burned.

• Leigh R

  
  Fantastically hilarious...

• Daniel D

  
  A really funny stupid comedy

• Deb S

  
  Weekend at Bernie's is about a dead guy Terry Kiser, whose two employees decide to have fun and pretend that he is alive to party at his house. The two young employees are the smarmy smooth-operator Andrew McCarthy and his best buddy Jonathan Silverman. Much of the gags include… More
  Weekend at Bernie's is about a dead guy Terry Kiser, whose two employees decide to have fun and pretend that he is alive to party at his house. The two young employees are the smarmy smooth-operator Andrew McCarthy and his best buddy Jonathan Silverman. Much of the gags include Bernie's lifeless body being dragged about and posed. What's surprising is that much of the gags actually work. Non-necrophiles will get a kick out of this too lol.This film, like many great 1980s comedies, is best when not taken seriously.

• Marcus W

  
  For a film that revolves around the constant degradation of a corpse, this is way better than it should be. I blame the well-rounded characters and subplot myself.

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