Weekend at Bernie's II

I thought weekend at bernies was funny until I saw the sequel. How any one can come up with the idea of a film about a dead guy is one thing but to have a sequel takes real talent.

The first one made me laugh the second one even more so. I especially loved the scene where Bernie manages to remove two sunbathers bikini's.

For a dead guy bernie proved to have more life in him than most of the characters.

I thoroughly recommend this movie if you don't take life (or death) too seriously.

I am also an avid Chevy Chase fan which gives you an idea of what kind of person I am.

Chevy truly is king of comedy!

No one could ever deny the hilarity of "Weekend at Bernies," but I know that many of you were wondering, "How can they duplicate the magic?" I won't lie, I was briefly--just briefly--concerned that making a sequal to the original would be a mistake. It took me exactly one minute to realize that my earlier fears were completely unfounded. Seeing Bernie, who again was played beautifully by Terry kiser, brought me near tears with his absolutley on-the-mark timeing. Ladies and gentlemen, this man is a genius. I don't think that I'm spoiling anything by saying that, yes, Bernie is still dead. And that's what makes mister Kiser's performance that much greater (playing a dead man who is under a voodoo curse is no walk in the park!) Bernie dances. Bernie waterskis. Bernie flirts with gorgeous women. ALL WHILE BEING A CORPSE! I could go on and on about Mr. Kiser's performance, but I will let you experience it on your own. Adrew Mcarthy and Jonathen Silverman are both back and are funnier than ever as well. Those two play so well off of each other that I would be surprised if a sitcom was not in the works. I'll end here by saying that this movie will change your life, it's really that fantastic. And please, for your own sake, find the director's cut, you wont be dissapointed.

I watched this film for only one reason, which was that the original was fantastic. This story had a lot of potential which wasn't really used at all. Without as many laughs, and quite a bad story, I found this movie rather a let down. It was occasionally funny in places, but it's nothing special, and over all, disappointing. Stay with the first movie, it's much, much better.

I thought it was funny when Bernie was dancing around without people knowing that he was dead. That is the only reason I remember that movie. It was okay. I am not too critical of comedies, because most are simply designed to make us laugh, and if they succeed without being overly cruel or vulgar, they are generally not bad movies to watch.

I ordered a large pizza tonight from a well known pizza place (that will remain nameless to save its reputation) that was offering a free DVD with the pizza. So, from the limited selection, I decided on Weekend At Bernie's 2.

The DVD came in a paper sleeve. Not even a plastic jewel case. After watching it I realized that the movie didn't even deserve the sleeve. THAT'S how bad this movie is.

The premise is stupid, the dialogue is bad, and not even the slap-stick humor performed on a corpse was even smirk invoking. Others have said that the only laugh they got from this movie was when Bernie was dancing. Stand in front of the mirror and dance around like a complete moron. Do you make yourself laugh? Then you STILL won't like this movie. It's awful, absolutely awful.

As far as the careers of the people involved, just ask yourself one question: where are they now?

If you can answer that question, then you'll understand how bad this movie is.

Watching this movie is like having gangrene infect my eyes. Spare yourself the anguish. Let it collect dust in the video store and rent ANYTHING else.

No stars.