Some people might find the idea of two guys dragging a corpse around all weekend very distasteful. Others might find it hilarious. I kind of landed in the middle, where I found parts unsavory but moments of hilarity, too. Of interest was the casting. At the time of the movie, Andrew McCarthy was mostly thought of as 'the cute guy who gets the girl' and Jonathan Silverman (who vaguely resembles Jerry Lewis) was seen as comedy relief. But it turned out to work well with Silverman as 'the guy who gets the girl' and McCarthy as the 'slob comedy relief'. At the time of release, it made 30 million on a 15 million dollar budget, not a bad return but would be called a middling success. Yet, it has had staying power as a cult film, even bringing about a VERY BAD sequel, and still talk of a 'Bernie's III'!
Review of Weekend at Bernie's
