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Weekend at Bernie's starts when two lowly clerks at an insurance agency uncover a $2 million fraud and report it to their boss, Bernie (Terry Kiser). Unfortunately for them, Bernie is the one behind the fraud, and he invites them to his island beach house for the weekend, where he intends to have them killed by his mob contacts. Unfortunately for Bernie, the mob decides to rub him out instead--and thus begin the necrotic hijinks. The clerks, Richard (Jonathan Silverman) and Larry (Andrew McCarthy), arrive and discover Bernie's body. At first they panic and start to call the police, but when a party of islanders sweeps in, Richard and Larry also discover that the local residents are so self-absorbed they don't notice that Bernie is dead. So if our heroes can just convince everyone that Bernie is still alive for they weekend, they can have a splendid time. Unfortunately, they also convince the mob hitman, who keeps trying to take Bernie out. Weekend at Bernie's was made at the height of 1980s fashion and features many amusing outfits and hairstyles--often the styles are funnier than the dialogue, and the characters are tissue-paper thin. Still, there's no denying that the movie chugs along from bit to bit and never takes itself more seriously than it should. A cheerful, disposable piece of fluff. --Bret Fetzer
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By D. M. Nelson
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Great movie for those wanting to see humour and enjoy the unexpected. Weekend at Bernie's provides both. Employees of Bernie discover a huge amount of money that has been stolen and approach Bernie about their find... Bernie invites them out to his summer home on an upscale island hideaway for the rich and that's when the fun begins.
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This is one of the funniest movies ever made. It didn't take very long to get here and we enjoy it very much.
By Bill Ambrose
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The Best Laugh since The Quiet Man.It keeps you in suspense, you never know when or where Bernie is going to show up.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
fairly amusing black comedy which could have been better(which is...
this movie is not too bad.it's a black comedy that is entertaining and
certainly amusing.without giving it away,Bernie is a rich guy,who ends
up dead,yet still manages to... Read more
certainly amusing.without giving it away,Bernie is a rich guy,who ends
up dead,yet still manages to... Read more
Published on Aug 30 2007 by falcon
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dark Comedy, Light Fun
The cast is perfect and the sets, music, and all that went into this movie seem to meld to make a very funny movie. Read more
Published on Jun 10 2004 by C. A. Luster
1.0 out of 5 stars
"Can't you see he's dead?"
I got this movie as a birthday gift from my ladyfriend. As I'd never seen it before, I asked her why she chose it. Read more
Published on Jun 9 2004 by Zach Everson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best movie ever.
Anyone with cable has probably seen and will see at least a few minutes of Weekend at Bernie's every week for their entire life. Read more
Published on April 6 2004 by Corky
1.0 out of 5 stars
Just Terrible
I mean come on look at the description
Published on April 1 2004 by patrick j, Grretchen
4.0 out of 5 stars
The corpse is the "life" of the party!
Two young insurance company employees, Larry (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard (Jonathan Silverman) discover an instance of fraud and report it to their boss Bernie (Terry Kiser). Read more
Published on Jan 7 2004 by Plano Man
5.0 out of 5 stars
My experience with Jean Luc Goddard's WEEKEND...
...at Bernie's.
There comes a time in every cinema aficionado's film-watching that he comes upon a film that's such an astonishing work of art and reminds us why we love films. Read more
Published on Nov 21 2003 by "bogart_fan"
3.0 out of 5 stars
dumb, but funny. Terry Kiser is perfect!
A Film by Ted Kotcheff
This is one of those movies I didn't actually expect to like, but did. The movie is also kind of dumb but is still funny and it works despite the dumbness... Read more
Published on Oct 9 2003 by Joe Sherry
3.0 out of 5 stars
one of the funniest scenes ever...
I wouldn't say that this movie is great, but it does contain one scene in particular that had me in tears. This one minute (or less) scene makes the movie worth owning. Read more
Published on Aug 4 2003 by Jeremy Bauer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best weekend of my life
Boy, when I rented this movie, I had no idea whatsoever that it would be this funny.
When Larry (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard (Johnathan Silverman) uncover an embezzlement scam... Read more
Published on Jun 25 2003 by bc
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