Weekend at Bernie's
Taste attributes: comedycrimemonster/alien/supernaturaladventurefastunsavourylightimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evil
"Bernie may be dead, but he's still the life of the party!"
Boxlist takeA larger-than-life crime comedy that is straightforward, fast and light. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
Two friends are invited for a weekend to a luxury island with their boss. The boss gets shot and nobody seems to notice, except for the two friends. In order not to become suspects of murder they treat the body as a puppet and make people believe he's still alive. The killer wants to do his job so when he is informed that the stiff is still alive he's got to shoot him again, and again, and again.
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
