Bergorks
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
filippaberry84
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Mabel Munoz
Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
reddragonhero17
Ernest P Worrell was my favorite comedian as a kid. He was just nutty, yet really lovable since you knew his heart was in the right place, and his humor was clean. This movie captures the spirit of not only summer camp but also a bit of Native American undercurrent as well. Brings back good memories of Boy Scouts every time I watch it. The way Ernest brings the Second Chancers around in their life and how Nurse St. Cloud chastises the boys for their behavior at one point really brings to light how much someone can care for you regardless of your behavior. Add that to some of Ernest's famous comic pratfalls, the respect for Native American culture and the sense of genuine lunacy (particularly in the final defense sequence) and you've got a winner that stands the test of time. RIP Ernest P. Worrell
Joey
For the time the movie was great. Jim Varney is a hilarious actor and it is sad he had to died. But the movie had great comedy and this is just another classic Ernest film I would recommend everyone should see.First the comedy in the film was great and original. The camera angles were perfect.The idea of kids from a detention center going to a camp was great. What I didn't like was all the whole native American thing they had going on. But the battle for the camp at the end was great especially the whole launching turtles into the sky and then have them parachute down onto the people and bite them.But the best part was probably when he was sitting down in the lawn chair and then he was cooking and got pulled into the fire and then jumped into the lake which I thought was pure comedy gold.
Aaron1375
Other than this movie featuring Ernest from all those wacky commercials, this movie just plays out as your basic summer camp movie. Why is it so bad, because you have Ernest as the main character, plus very annoying children, and a silly subplot involving some company trying to take over the camp. I just do not think the Ernest character should be center stage for a movie. The short lived television show was the only thing this character needed as it featured other characters and such to draw some of the focus away from Ernest himself. Lets face it, the character got his start in commercials as a rather annoying individual and it was funny to see him torment Vern, but more funny to see Vern get back at Ernest for bothering him in the first place. The movie here would feature a couple of the characters from the television show as cooks and they provide some comedy and Ernest has his moments. However, most of the movie is rather groan inducing and to top it off it gets overly sentimental at times as well. I can not really recommend this movie unless perhaps you have seen his other movies and liked them. Granted if you have seen them I am sure you saw this his first movie.
poopiscrispy
I have not seen this movie in years but I remember as a kid that I loved it.Every time an Ernest movie all the kids would get excited and we'd all talk about how we had to see it. Then we did and thought we were super cool. Doesn't anyone else remember that?Ernest movies were wonderfully goofy. Maybe we are too spoiled these days to appreciate a simple silly camp movie. I am surprised at it's relatively poor rating.
