History YMMV / WeekendAtBernies

* CrossTheLineTwice: The mere premise of the film already does that.

** "That's illegal! What you're doing is illegal!"

* NarmCharm: Both movies have a fanbase simply because they're so ridiculous. Turned up to eleven in the sequel. Perhaps surprised that a sequel ''had even been commissioned'', the director made sure it was a [[RefugeInAudacity Vacation In Audacity]], going to the Caribbean and adding a treasure hunt with a liberal helping of HollywoodVoodoo, in addition to using the tagline: "He's still dead!" on the posters. Get the popcorn and enjoy.

** Gwen makes no appearances in the sequel. Not even the decency of being mentioned in dialogue. The sequel just acts like Gwen never even existed. Even in the original film, Gwen is somewhat of a wasted character as she's never involved in the main plot. Not once does she ever get involved with the guys' OfCorpseHesAlive antics with Bernie. Her part as the TokenRomance for Richard could easily be cut from the film, and nothing would feel out of place.

* CommonKnowledge: It's pretty much a universal belief that the original movie as a whole is about two guys getting into crazy hijinks while dragging around the corpse of their dead boss and pretending that he's still alive. In actuality, Bernie doesn't die until about a third of the way through the film.

* NarmCharm: Both movies have a fanbase simply because they're so ridiculous. Turned up to eleven in the sequel. Perhaps surprised that a sequel had even been commissioned, the director made sure it was a [[RefugeInAudacity Vacation In Audacity]], going to the Caribbean and adding a treasure hunt with a liberal helping of HollywoodVoodoo. Get the popcorn and enjoy.

* {{Sequelitis}}: As mentioned above, one can like the sequel for doubling down on the ridiculousness. But the consensus is that it is a forced attempt at getting more from a joke that was alredy stretched for a whole movie.

** Gwen makes no appearances in the sequel. Not even the decency of being mentioned in dialogue. The sequel just acts like Gwen never even existed. Even in the original film, Gwen is somewhat of a wasted character as shes never involved in the main plot. Not once does she ever get involved with the guys' OfCorpseHesAlive antics with Bernie. Her part as the TokenRomance for Richard could easily be cut from the film, and nothing would feel out of place.

* CommonKnowledge: It's pretty much a universal belief that the original movie as a whole is about two guys getting into crazy hijinks while dragging around the corpse of their dead boss and pretending that he's still alive. In actuality, Bernie doesn't die until about a 3rd of the way through the film.

** From the first film; even if it's PlayedForLaughs, the fact remains that Vito's girlfriend -- who was canoodling with Bernie while he was alive -- ''has sex with a corpse''.

** Gwen makes no appearances in the sequel. Not even the decency of being mentioned in dialogue. The sequel just acts like Gwen never even existed.

* IdiotPlot:
** The story would have been a whole lot shorter if someone besides the main characters had actually taken a closer look at the oddly limp, quiet, and unresponsive person and realized he was that way because he was dead. Lampshaded a bit by the protagonists, along with some justification; everyone except for them is so incredibly self-centered that they ''can't'' notice.
** In the sequel. The company blaming Larry and Richard for the embezzlement and firing them is understandable. Except Lomax left behind an audio recording of him wanting the two dead, a briefcase full of cash and a rather silly unsigned suicide/confession note with ''his fingerprints on it that he typed on his own typewriter''. Not to mention the police had arrested the hitman that Vito sent to kill him. It's ridiculous that they'd ignore all that evidence which corroborates their story. On the other hand, the embezzlement was such a mess and had already brought a lot of unwanted publicity so they'd probably want the whole thing swept under the rug as quickly as possible.

* NarmCharm: Both movies have a fanbase simply because they're so ridiculous. Turned UpToEleven in the sequel. Perhaps surprised that a sequel had even been commissioned, the director made sure it was a [[RefugeInAudacity Vacation In Audacity]], going to the Caribbean and adding a treasure hunt with a liberal helping of HollywoodVoodoo. Get the popcorn and enjoy.

** In the sequel. The company blaming Larry and Richard for the embezzlement and firing them is understandable. Except Lomax left behind an audio recording of him wanting the two dead, a briefcase full of cash and a rather silly unsigned suicide/confession note with ''his fingerprints on it that he typed on his own typewriter''. Not to mention the police had arrested the hitman that Vito sent to kill him. It's ridiculous that they'd ignore all that evidence which corroborates their story. On the other hand, the embezzlement was such a mess and had already brought a lot of unwanted publicity, they'd probably want the whole thing swept under the rug as quickly as possible.

** In the sequel. The company blaming Larry and Richard for the embezzlement and firing them is understandable. Except Lomax left behind an audio recording of him wanting the two dead, a briefcase full of cash and a rather silly unsigned suicide/confession note with ''his fingerprints on it that he typed on his own typewriter''. Not to mention the police had arrested the hitman that Vito sent to kill him. It's ridiculous that they'd ignore all that evidence which corroborates their story that Lomax was the culprit and wanted them dead.

** In the sequel. The company blaming Larry and Richard for the embezzlement and firing them is understandable. Except Lomax left behind an audio recording of him wanting the two dead, a briefcase full of cash and a rather silly unsigned suicide/confession note with ''his fingerprints on it that he typed on his own typewriter''. It's ridiculous that they'd ignore all that evidence which corroborates their story that Lomax was the culprit and wanted them dead.

* IdiotPlot: The story would have been a whole lot shorter if someone besides the main characters had actually taken a closer look at the oddly limp, quiet, and unresponsive person and realized he was that way because he was dead. Lampshaded a bit by the protagonists, along with some justification; everyone except for them is so incredibly self-centered that they ''can't'' notice.

* CommonKnowledge: It's pretty much a universal belief that the original movie as a whole is about two guys getting into crazy hijinks while dragging around the corpse of their dead boss and acting like he's still alive. In actuality, Bernie doesn't die until about a 3rd of the way through the film.

** Vito. He could have been built up as the overall villain of both movies given that he was basically TheManBehindTheMan for Bernie and Paulie, but instead, he's completely forgotten about after his one scene.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Vito. He could have been built up as the overall villain of both movies given that he was basically TheManBehindTheMan for Bernie and Paulie, but instead, he's completely forgotten about after his one scene.

* {{Sequelitis}}: As mentioned above,one can like the sequel for doubling down on the ridiculousness. But the consensus is that it is a forced attempt at getting more from a joke that was alredy stretched for a whole movie.