Ernest Goes to Camp
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Movie Reviews of Ernest Goes to Camp
Movie Review: Weak and Severely Out-dated humor
Summary: 1 Stars
Ernest Goes to Camp is basically the story of the cult favorite Ernest getting stuck with a bunch of juveniles as a camp counselor when at the same time the camp is being threatened by a Mining Company looking to destroy it to search for valuable land minerals.
Basically it's the same ol' underdog-hated-and-loser-at-everything-but-becomes-our-hero-let's save-the-camp! movie we've all seen ten bazillion times.
Ernest's jokes are so few and far between in this film and so pathetically weak when they DO happen that the filmmakers had to go as far as using the 2 dumb and cooky camp cooks to try and fill in comedic relief because their star has been given such an absymal script. If this film was PRIMARILY about those cooks (who get like only THREE scenes) this probably would've been at least a 3 or 4 star movie.
The film tries very hard to be serious, trying to make us see the "softer" and "more human" side of Ernest but just ends up making a 90 minute movie into what feels like a three-hour drag fest. Give me COMEDY from Ernest! NOT drama!
What makes Ernest funny as all his fans know is that he is NOT supposed to be made out to be an insecure and sensitive underdog-everyman. He's gentle but insane, and his usual over-the-top stupidity is simply never used in this film. Add this to the constant slap-stick humor that's ridiculously outdated, a horrendously emotionless soundtrack, movie cliches so tired and weak only a 2 year old would find them intriguing, and juvenile special effects and you've got probably one of the worst comedies ever created. There is nothing worse than a bad comedy. Watching a comedy with Ernest and not laughing is like watching an Arny or Van Damme movie without a single explosion, fist fight or gun shot.
Everyone giving this film 4 and 5 star reviews probably remember seeing this from when they were just kids. I'd ask all these people to watch it again now that they're mature movie goers and see if you still feel the same way. I myself loved this movie when I was like 8, but now as a grown 25 yr old movie buff, this is simply a waste of time.