Film

Weekend at Bernie's 1989

Directed by Ted Kotcheff

  • Comedy, Crime
  • 98 min
  • PG-13

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.

ComedyCrimebeachbossbad bossmission of murderhousemale corpsemischievoushilariousbewilderedclichéfarcical

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Character

Comic, effortless, unpretentious and cool.

  • gravecomic
  • effortlessdemanding
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • cooloverwhelming
  • resolvedopen-ended

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 1The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 21 / 2The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: disliked by 20 / 2The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 11The ArchivistThe Archivist: disliked by 10 / 1The FormalistThe Formalist: disliked by 10 / 1The EmpathThe Empath: disliked by 10 / 1The SincereThe Sincere: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

21 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Provocateurs.

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