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Weekend at Bernie's

1989 · 98 min

A silly, fast-paced farce where the joke is watching two guys lug a corpse around while everyone else fails to notice.

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

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • greed
  • crime
  • friendship
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour8
Realism3
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Ted Kotcheff
Written by
Robert Klane
Starring
Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser, Don Calfa, Catherine Parks, Eloise DeJoria, Gregory Salata
Music
Andy Summers
Cinematography
François Protat
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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