Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

Bernie may be dead, but he's still the life of the party!

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.

Comedy Crime beach boss bad boss mission of murder house male corpse mischievous hilarious bewildered cliché farcical

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Comic, effortless, unpretentious and resolved.

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effortlessdemanding
unpretentiousprestige
resolvedopen-ended
sparerichly built

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“Does Jonathan Silverman steal Weekend at Bernie's from Andrew McCarthy?”
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JPV852on TMDB · Jul 20228/10
My go-to when I just want to sit back and relax, especially with the hot weather where I am (plus no A/C). Still a whole lot of fun and the dynamic between Jonathan Silverman and Andrew McCarthy was entertaining (and for playing a dead guy, kudos to Terry Kiser, RIP). Shame this is a Fox (Disney) title as this one deserves a special edition from Shout Factory... **3.75/5**
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Cast

Andrew McCarthyLarry Wilson
Jonathan SilvermanRichard Parker
Catherine Mary StewartGwen Saunders
Terry KiserBernie Lomax
Don CalfaPaulie, Vito's Hit Man
Catherine ParksTina, Vito's Girl
Eloise DeJoriaTawny
Gregory SalataMarty
Louis GiambalvoVito
Ted KotcheffJack Parker

Crew

Ted KotcheffDirector
Robert KlaneScreenplay
François ProtatDirector of Photography
Andy SummersOriginal Music Composer
Joan E. ChapmanEditor
Victor DraiProducer
Bruce McNallProducer

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