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You’ve gotta love a film that was referred to in the television series “Friends” as Rachel’s favorite movie. That’s right, we’re talking about the hilarious 1989 film Weekend At Bernie’s.

The film is about two lowly underlings at an insurance agency who stumble across a $2 million fraud and, thinking they will earn brownie points, report it to their boss, Bernie (Terry Kiser).

But Bernie’s not a nice guy, and since he was behind the fraud to begin with, he invites the pair of employees to his island beach house for the weekend, where he intends to have them offed by his mob contacts.

In a comic twist, the mob decides to off Bernie instead. By the time the two guys, Richard (Jonathan Silverman) and Larry (Andrew McCarthy), get there and find Bernie’s body, all comic hell breaks loose.

The islanders don’t even seem to notice that Bernie is dead, so rather than explain, Richard and Larry decide to keep up the farce.

Weekend At Bernie’s was directed by Ted Kotcheff, and co-starred Catherine Mary Stewart and Kotcheff himself (in a small role).

The fact that the premise of the film is completely implausible is beside the point–Weekend At Bernie’s is a light 80s romp that will entertain viewers and get some laughs.
 
 
 

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