Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

Directed by

Ted Kotcheff

Genre

buddy film, black comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 1,142 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two insurance workers visit their boss's beach house and find him dead. They pretend he is still alive to avoid being blamed for his murder.

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What happens

Weekend at Bernie's is a 1989 American dark comedy film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Robert Klane, and starring Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Terry Kiser. It tells the story of two young insurance corporation employees who discover that their boss, Bernie, is dead after arriving at his house in The Hamptons. While attempting to convince people that Bernie is still alive until they can leave to prevent them from being falsely suspected for causing his death, they discover that Bernie had, in fact, ordered their killing to cover up his embezzlement. Weekend at Bernie's was released on July 5, 1989, and grossed $30 million on a $15 million budget. The film's success despite the mixed reviews inspired the sequel, Weekend at Bernie's II, released in 1993. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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