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Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Rate:
6
Viewed:
2/05, 1/24
1/24:
Weekend at Bernie's was popular back then, enough to become a catchphrase.
The film was okay but mostly unfunny when I initially saw it, and my sentiment has stayed the same to this day. Terry Kiser
will always be famous as Bernie, but Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman are horrible actors, hence their predictable
disappearance afterwards. The first half wasn't working well, but they finally hit their stride during the
second which ultimately saved the movie.
Of course, if I think about the concept deeply, it'll never work in real life. For starters, rigor mortis sets in
approximately two hours after death, and the body will be totally inflexible in another six to ten hours. Bernie, who's
deceased for the first 24 hours, had shown none of that. As everybody knows from experience with animals, it's impossible to
escape the unmistakable odor of a carcass. At the same time, the color of facial skin will start disappearing as it'll
become white. Now, I wonder how Tina wasn't able to sense it when she had sex with him while he's dead. Gee...talk
about a necrophiliac.
All in all, if you hated The Trouble with Harry and want to look for something
better, Weekend at Bernie's will do.