Synopsis
Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lomax, embezzled $2 million and placed it in a safe deposit box in the Caribbean. Now, the boys are ready to go after the loot, but they can't do it alone -- they need poor Bernie's help. Can the buddies give their ex-boss new life?
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Cast
- Andrew McCarthyLarry Wilson
- Jonathan SilvermanRichard Parker
- Terry KiserBernie Lomax
- Troy ByerClaudia
- Barry BostwickArthur Hummel
- Tom WrightCharles
- Steve JamesHenry
- Novella NelsonMobu
- Stack PierceClaudia's Dad
- LucasStore Clerk
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
A mildly diverting farcical caper... stretches a thin idea even thinner, but it offers enough puerile fun and well-executed gags to lure fans of the 1989 predecessor back to theaters before a more robust future on homevideo. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Though Kiser makes the zombified Bernie equally funny, WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S II spends too little time with him, and too much getting bogged down by subplots: two mob pawns' bumbling attempts to steal Bernie's corpse; Hummel's tailing Larry and Richard through St. Thomas, only to be arrested time and time again; Larry's failed romance with an island native whose physician father is, conveniently, versed in black magic; and Richard's being poisoned by the voodoo queen. - 25
Baltimore Sun
Weekend at Bernie's II only proves what critics have known for years: that on the planet of the bad movies, there's no life after death. - 25
ReelViews
Weekend at Bernie's 2 is made for a certain audience -- the indiscriminate movie-goer who will see almost anything that guarantees a few laughs. Those that belong to that group will find what they're looking for in this film. Almost all the humor is macabre and repetitive, but the film manages to be sporadically funny. Nevertheless, I find it hard to believe that many people will pay $6 or $7 to see a picture that has TV sitcom production values, writing, and acting. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
Weekend at Bernie's II has the tell- tale signs of a bad film directed by its screenwriter. There's lots of goofy shtick, and the actors seem to have been directed to act silly. Instead of playing for truth, they mug and overdo it, particularly McCarthy, and the result is deadly. [10 July 1993, p.C3] - 20
Los Angeles Times
Relentlessly awful. Not even Terry Kiser’s wandering corpse is funny this time around. - 12
Boston Globe
It's a tossup as to which element of padding is more lifeless - the labored buddy stuff between McCarthy and Silverman, the empty comedy of gangsters Tom Wright and Steve James, or the lame buffoonery of corporate sleuth Barry Bostwick. As long as the calypso beat is on, Bernie staggers ahead, a pepperpot of zombie mirth. [10 July 1993, p.22] - 10
Washington Post
The whole production is like a wake. Rest in peace, Bernie. Please.
