The read
Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance counselor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Metacritic24/100
Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do.
194 audience votes
Key crew
- John CherryDirector
- Coke SamsScreenplay
- Shane KeisterOriginal Music Composer
- John CherryScreenplay
Cast
- Jim VarneyErnest P. Worrell
- Victoria RacimoNurse St. Cloud
- John VernonSherman Krader
- Lyle AlzadoBronk Stinson (Foreman)
- Gailard SartainJake
- Daniel ButlerEddy
- Iron Eyes CodyOld Indian Chief
- Patrick DayBobby Wayne
- Scott MenvilleCrutchfield
- Jacob VargasBubba Vargas
- Danny CapriDanny
- Hakeem Abdul-SamadMoustafa-Hakeem Jones