a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

If you're reading this, you've probably already seen it. This is one my favorite movies. A quintessential 80s comedy and one of the very best. Very fun and fast paced. Check it out!

This absurd comedy elicits no shortage of laughs. "Weekend at Bernie's" is one of those movies where a mishap snowballs. I laughed to think of how the main characters were feeling as they had to make it look as if their dead boss was alive. The whole thing is low humor, but anyone with a sense of humor is bound to enjoy it. At the very least, guys are bound to enjoy seeing so many women in bikinis (Gwen is one of the ultimate hotties).Ted Kotcheff also directed "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz", "North Dallas Forty", "First Blood" and the original "Fun with Dick and Jane". Co-star Don Calfa also co-starred in "Foul Play" and "Return of the Living Dead".

Although I've always enjoyed slapstick (Ernest, Naked Gun, Monty Python, etc.), I absolutely hated this movie. Furthermore, I noticed that my more intelligent friends also hated it. And it has nothing to do with it being "dark", or a "black comedy", as others have described it. When this movie came out, I clearly remember that it was hugely popular among those without the capacity for sublime humor. If you liked Looney Tunes as a kid, then you will probably hate Weekend at Bernie's. If you preferred Scooby Doo or Speed Racer, then you'll probably love this movie. If you preferred "Friends" over Seinfeld, then you will definitely love "Weekend at Bernie's"

Talking to a family friend about movies he was after.he mentioned to me a title that he had been meaning to pick up for his dad for ages.With having seen the film mentioned when a poll was held on IMDbs Classic Film board for the best movies of 1989,I decided that it was time to finally spend a weekend with Bernie.The plot:Spotting irregularities in payments that their insurance company are receiving, Larry Wilson & Richard Parker go to talk to company CEO Bernie Lomax. Praising them for spotting cash being stolen from the business,Lomax offers Wilson & Parker to join him at his seaside beach house for the weekend. Accepting the offer,the guys get set for a well-deserved break.Unknown to Wilson and Parker,Lomax is actually the person behind the irregularities.Wanting to keep things quiet,Lomax talks to gangsters Vito and Marty,and asks them to kill Wilson and Parker at his beach house.Unhappy with how Lomax has treated them,the gangsters decide to kill Lomax.Arriving on the island with dreams of sun,sea and girls,Parker & Wilson begin to think that they will have to change their plans,when they enter the beach house and discover Lomax's dead body.View on the film:Placing the boys in the middle of "The City" director Ted Kotcheff (who also has a very funny cameo) and cinematographer François Protat gives Lomax house and office a decadent appearance,with the endless sun and shining mirrors blinding Parker & Wilson from seeing any danger be reflected.Along with packing the screen with gorgeous bikini-clad girls,Kotcheff gives the title a sharp black Comedy edge,thanks to the wild slap-stick being threaded to Wilson and Parker's desperate attempt to make Lomax look "revived."Opening with the guys being down on their luck,the first half of the screenplay by Robert Klane hilariously show Wilson and Parker's desire to move up the corporate ladder,by constantly going back and forth over if they should report their "great" bosses death,or if they should continuing to pretend he is alive.As the guys take increasingly drastic measures to cover Lomax's murder,Klane struggles to keep the fresh atmosphere of the slap-stick drying up,as Parker and Wilson start to go round in circles that become increasingly worn out.Whilst he does look like a mannequin,the scenes of Bernie being thrown out of the building and falling flat on his face were actually done by a real stuntman-who broke some ribs during filming! Joined by a sassy Catherine Mary Stewart as Gwen Saunders, Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman give great performances as Wilson & Parker,with McCarthy laying charismatic laid-back charms on Wilson,which is counted by the biting his fingernails fear that Silverman grips Parker in,as they head off for a murderous weekend with Bernie.