Weekand at Bernie's 1 and 2

Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, and Terry Kiser
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Tagline: Bernie would be the perfect host, except for one small thing...he's dead.
Grade: A+

This is one of my favorite 80's movies. Yes, it's stupid and yes, it's not the best movie ever, but its genuinely funny and well acted. It's slapstick at its best. Larry (McCarthy) and Richard (Silverman) are two lazy workers who happen to stumble upon an error in their company's records. They tell their boss, Bernie (Kiser), and hope they will get promoted for saving the company money. What they don't realize is that the mistake was made on purpose and Bernie was the one who stole the money. After they tell him, he decides to tell his partners, who will hire someone to "take them out" when they visit Bernie at his island retreat. The partners decide that Bernie is making too many mistakes and, instead of killing the boys, they kill Bernie. When Larry and Richard get to the island, they discover Bernie, dead. But, not wanting to give up the parties, they decide to pretend that Bernie is still alive...but only for the weekend.








Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, and Terry Kiser
Directed by: Robert Klane
Tagline: Bernie's back...and he's still dead.
Grade: C

This movie is nowhere near as good as the first one. But there are a couple of good laughs. When Larry and Richard return to New York, they are blamed for losing the two million dollars that Bernie stole. They investigate and find that the money is somewhere in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. While they travel to the island to find the money, Bernie comes back to life (he's not really alive, just able to walk around when music is playing) and a native woman tries to use him to find the money. The usual hi-jinks ensue and Larry and Richard must, again, find a way to outsmart Bernie...even though he's still dead.