Weekend at Bernie's
dir. Ted Kotcheff
52
6 sourcesSynopsis
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
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.
Directed byTed Kotcheff
StarringAndrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser, Don Calfa, Catherine Parks
Written byRobert Klane
CinematographyFrançois Protat
EditingJoan E. Chapman
MusicAndy Summers
Weekend at Bernie's
1989 · PG-13 · 1h 38m
Comedy, Crime
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
Our Verdict
52
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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