Weekend at Bernie's

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

Jul 5 1989 PG-13 1h 37m
Adventure, Comedy, Crime

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.

Plot

Two young men are trying to make their way in a corporation. One on charm, the other on hard work. When they go to the president (Bernie) with a serious financial error on a printout, he pretends to be thrilled and invites them to his beach house for the weekend. He actually plans on having them killed. Bernie is also fooling around with the girlfriend of his mafia partner. When the partner has Bernie killed, the boys end up having to pretend Bernie is still alive as the frustrated hit man tries time and time again to complete the job.

Written by

Robert Klane

Directed by

Ted Kotcheff

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, Gladden Entertainment

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
67,733
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
32
Popularity
NA