Weekend at Bernie's is a very funny movie and definitely a very 80s movie, but it wouldn't be as much fun without the eventful aspect. This comedy is easily the kind of film you could describe as having a morbid sense of humour, obviously since most of it revolves around slapstick actions and events with a corpse. This movie is really only about two buddies carrying their boss's dead body around pretending he's still alive and walking.
Again, this movie would be so much less likeable if it didn't have it's sense of adventure. The entire plot is not set in just one house, it floats on the water and walks around in public, with the corpse. Sometimes the areas where the witty characters fool around in fall a bit bland, but that's usually when it begins moving around again. The concept is underrated and is undoubtedly worth checking out by those who appeal to it.
And if it weren't obvious from the start, this is a slapstick comedy. However, it's a fairly more violent slapstick comedy with verbal and visual jokes that actually work. The characters are quirky and fun, McCarthy and Silverman being in the spotlight, but the clueless hitman who runs around throughout the plot is stupidly hysterical. It's also hard to see how Weekend at Bernie's could craft a decent sequel, which happened not too long afterwards.
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Again, this movie would be so much less likeable if it didn't have it's sense of adventure. The entire plot is not set in just one house, it floats on the water and walks around in public, with the corpse. Sometimes the areas where the witty characters fool around in fall a bit bland, but that's usually when it begins moving around again. The concept is underrated and is undoubtedly worth checking out by those who appeal to it.
And if it weren't obvious from the start, this is a slapstick comedy. However, it's a fairly more violent slapstick comedy with verbal and visual jokes that actually work. The characters are quirky and fun, McCarthy and Silverman being in the spotlight, but the clueless hitman who runs around throughout the plot is stupidly hysterical. It's also hard to see how Weekend at Bernie's could craft a decent sequel, which happened not too long afterwards.
If you liked this review, check out the full review and other reviews at aussieboyreviews.