Immer Ärger mit Bernie (1989)

Immer Ärger mit Bernie: Directed by Ted Kotcheff. With Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser. Two losers try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, leading the hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

“Maybe Iu0026#39;m just stupid, but I love this movie. I still remember when it came out and maybe itu0026#39;s just nostalgia because I watched it so many times when I was nine years old, but I still enjoy watching it. It does a pretty good job at catching the look and feel of the late 80s. All the hairstyles and clothing are pretty dated but to me, thatu0026#39;s all part of the fun. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enIt all starts when our guys, Richard and Larry, discover a $2 million insurance fraud scam in their company. When they report it to their boss, Bernie (Terry Kiser) he seems grateful and invites them to his beach house for labor day weekend. As it turns out, Bernie is the one doing the scamming and has hired a mob hitman to take them out. Little does Bernie know, that the mob has decided that Bernie has been a little too careless and they have decided to take him out instead. So, by the time Richard and Larry reach the island, they discover that Bernie is dead from what looks like a drug-overdose. Instead of calling the cops, the less than bright Larry, decides it better to pretend that he didnu0026#39;t die. This will work since all of the island partyers are pretty self-absorbed and clueless. This is where it starts getting funny.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSince the hitman is still on the island, he keeps seeing Bernie, who he thought he killed and keeps re-killing him. Itu0026#39;s hilarious, because the boys really donu0026#39;t have a clue that the hitman is even around. Watching them lug a dead corpse around, making him look alive, is one of the highlights. The fact that all of the islanders believe heu0026#39;s alive is even funnier. One of my favorite parts of the movie was Andrew McCarthyu0026#39;s performance as Larry. His slacker part killed me and he has some really funny lines. What ever happened to him? Jonathan Silverman also does a great job with an underwritten part. He plays the ulcer-bound Richard who SO tries to be the moral center of the situation. Terry Kiser is incredible, as always and he plays a dead guy VERY well. Some of the stuff that he has to do, I really canu0026#39;t see anyone else pulling off as well. My favorite scenes came when Bernie was alive. The guy is such an unbelievable jerk, heu0026#39;s actually fun to hate. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIgnore the other comments on here, and go get this one. Itu0026#39;s great for some laughs and I STILL get a lot out of it everytime I watch it. A great semi-black comedy. Go pick it up and look for the sequel. I enjoyed it as well, although not quite as much.”