Ernest Goes to Africa

My head hurts, not because this ,movie is so incredibly bad that it defies belief, but because there actually people who think that it is a good movie! I really can't recall ever seeing a movie as bad as this, but I'm sure there must be others out there.

I just can't help feeling sorry for people who think that rubbish like this is worth the time and effort to even make, let alone watch. Good comedy this is not. It's so bad that it makes some REALLY poor comedy offerings look good! It guess some 8 year-olds somewhere might find it funny, but how any adult can possibly find this tripe funny enough to watch all the way through escapes me. I have watched quite a few bad comedies for longer than I should have, in the vain hope that they might improve, but this is in a class all its own! One or two references to other movies evoke a smile, but a gut wrenching laugh is out of the question watching this embarrassing attempt at humour.

The movies fine, but the ending action sequence was easily the most comedic and best thing about this film.

I hate that this will be the last Ernest film ever made by Jim Varney. I hate that we will never get to hear him talk to Vern, his ornery and uptight (and invisible) neighbor. I hate that people hate this flick, but it's not as bad as they say.

Ernest attempts to win the heart of a pretty waitress by gifting her with an artifact, which unbeknownst to Ernest holds Magickal powers.

This is truly funny, and an Ernest classic. Face it. They only say they hate it because it strays a bit from the classic Ernest formula.

This film is quite endearing, as much so as the best of them.

It rates a 6.4/10 from...

the Fiend :.

I never thought an "Ernest" movie could ever suck, but boy was I wrong about this movie. This "Ernest" installment totally flat-out SUCKED!! The plot was atrocious, and the movie as a whole was excrutiating to watch. I watched this one out of extreme boredom, and I hardly ever laughed while watching this (The day I saw this dreck sitting on the shelf at the iggle video rental area at the nearby Giant Eagle near my house, and renting it was one major mistake.). The movie was so bad, that I had to turn it off less than an hour into it (something I never had encountered with any other "Ernest" film).

Jim Varney is the high point of this dismal "Ernest" movie. His Hey You the Hindu character was funny, and the best part of the movie, the rest of it is well... crap.

Just stick to one of the other "Ernest" films, and stay away from this one. You will be disapointed.

I saw this on WAM last night and had to see it. As another viewer said, there were flashes of pure brilliance so in contrast with the bad plot. Basically all the Ernest humor was really good. Anything having to do with Africa was bad. Sometimes, it wasn't clear whether the filmmakers knew the difference between Africa and India, as Indian accents abounded. Jamie Bartlett was also an excellent villain. Somehow seeing him yell the standard, "You fools!" at his henchmen gave a kind of satisfaction you don't normally get from a B-movie villain. Regardless, it was an Ernest movie, thus stupid by definition. If you like Varney's characters (Ernest/Hey You/etc[you shouldn't know about all of them]) then you should definitely see this movie.