Weekend at Bernie's

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Weekend at Bernie's

PG-13,

1989,

1h 37m,

Comedy

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Fun-loving salesmen Richard and Larry are invited by their boss, Bernie, to stay the weekend at his posh beach house. Little do they know that Bernie is the perpetrator of a fraud they've uncovered and is arranging to have them killed. When the plan backfires and Bernie is killed instead, the buddies decide not to let a little death spoil their vacation. They pretend Bernie is still alive, leading to hijinks and corpse desecration galore.

Critics Consensus

Weekend at Bernie's wrings a surprising amount of laughs out of its corpse-driven slapstick premise, but one joke can only carry a film so far.

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Duane Byrge

The Hollywood Reporter

Jul 5, 2017

Bernie's is good old, knock-down slapstick with just the right dose of cruelty thrown in.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Nov 24, 2002

4/5

A classic of the dumb, hit-on-the-head comedy genre!

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

1/4

Weekend at Bernie's makes two mistakes: It gives us a joke that isn't very funny, and it expects the joke to carry an entire movie.

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Josh Mooney

Movieline

Sep 16, 2025

The film lacks the biting wit that would have made it substantial.

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Mike Ryan

Uproxx

Sep 14, 2022

Weekend at Bernie's does a pretty good job of meticulously setting up why two numbskulls hang out with a dead body.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Jul 11, 2022

Weekend at Bernie's is a suffocating, repeating, offensive funeral [Full review in Spanish].

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George R

Mar 10, 2019

I was in tears with laughter at this movie. So funny.

Finn S

Sep 11, 2018

This movie was alot funnier when i was younger. I caught this while flipping threw the channels so I decided to watch. I haven't seen this movie in over 24 years so when I decided to watch it . I was excited but it didn't have the same effect as it once did. Now while it wasn't as good as I remembered it still had its share of funny moments. I thought the plot was good I liked the whole idea of the two slackers trying to keep their bosses death quiet until they can figure out what to do mean while everyone else thinks he's still alive and never do notice that he is dead classic 80's .the acting was okay I think what was missing from this movie was it needed to be rated R. The reason why I think this movie would have been alot better if it was rated R was they could of added a little more adult humor and maybe some nudity(it seemed like every 80's comedy and horror movie had naked girls) to make a true late 80'comedy movie. Not great but still okay enough to watch if your into 80's comedy movies

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Draco W

Sep 11, 2018

Love this movie it is so funny

George S

Jul 10, 2018

Come on people! Can't you enjoy a movie that is so bad it's hilarious?!?! Those are the best movies. I know I am giving this a 3 but the laugh rate is a 50 out of 50.

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Anakin S

Dec 26, 2017

Enjoyable movie. I enjoyed watching it once.

Draco W

Sep 17, 2017

an obnoxious film about a group of youngsters who convince everyone a dead man is still alive by putting sunglasses on him

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Ted Kotcheff

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Andrew McCarthy

Larry Wilson

Jonathan Silverman

Richard Parker

Terry Kiser

Bernie Lomax

Catherine Mary Stewart

Gwen Saunders

Don Calfa

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Synopsis

Fun-loving salesmen Richard and Larry are invited by their boss, Bernie, to stay the weekend at his posh beach house. Little do they know that Bernie is the perpetrator of a fraud they've uncovered and is arranging to have them killed. When the plan backfires and Bernie is killed instead, the buddies decide not to let a little death spoil their vacation. They pretend Bernie is still alive, leading to hijinks and corpse desecration galore.

Director: Ted Kotcheff
Producer: Victor Drai, Bruce McNall
Screenwriter: Robert Klane
Production Co: Gladden Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 9, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.4M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround

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