Weekend at Bernie's Drinking Game Rules
Weekend at Bernie's is built for a movie drinking game. Larry and Richard spend the whole weekend hiding Bernie's death, and the film piles on beach parties, panic, mob trouble, and body-moving slapstick. This game follows the movie's biggest laughs and running gags, so each near miss and bad choice gets its due.
Use this Weekend at Bernie's drinking game for an 80s comedy night, a dark comedy rewatch, or a Labor Day party. The rules stay easy to track and focus on scenes fans remember, from the fake-alive act to Paulie's failed hits. Keep the pace light and enjoy the mess.
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Weekend at Bernie's Drinking Game Rules:
- Drink when Richard spots the repeated death payments on the office printout
- Drink when Bernie acts thrilled about the fraud discovery while hiding that he caused it
- Take a sip when Larry pushes the fake Bernie plan harder than Richard
- Take a sip when Richard looks ready to panic, call the police, or run
- Take a sip whenever Bernie's body is posed, dragged, carried, or puppeteered to seem alive
- Take a sip when Bernie's sunglasses help sell the illusion that he is still alive
- Drink when a party guest, neighbor, or stranger talks to Bernie and buys the act
- Drink when Larry starts enjoying Bernie's money, house, or status in the middle of the disaster
- Drink when Larry wears or uses one of Bernie's things, especially the Rolex
- Drink when the phone or answering machine makes the situation worse, especially the recorded murder plot
- Take a sip when Larry and Richard try to leave but end up stuck with Bernie again
- Drink when Bernie's body goes missing and then turns up again
- Finish your drink when Tina arrives drunk and mistakes Bernie for very much alive
- Drink whenever Paulie makes another failed attempt to finish the job
- Finish your drink when Paulie opens fire on Bernie's corpse in front of Larry, Richard, and Gwen
- Finish your drink when the gurney rolls off the boardwalk and dumps Bernie back onto the beach
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About the Movie
- Title
- Weekend at Bernie's
- Released
- 05 Jul 1989
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genre
- Adventure
- Plot
- Two young men are trying to make their way in a corporation. One on charm, the other on hard work. When they go to the president (Bernie) with a serious financial error on a printout, he pretends to be thrilled and invites them to his beach house for the weekend. He actually plans on having them killed. Bernie is also fooling around with the girlfriend of his mafia partner. When the partner has Bernie killed, the boys end up having to pretend Bernie is still alive as the frustrated hit man tries time and time again to complete the job.
- Language
- English
