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Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)

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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 5

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Release Date: May 22, 1987 Wide

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Average Rating: 2.7/5
User Ratings: 46,224

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Movie Info

Ernest (Jim Varney) gets a job as a fix-it man at a summer camp for troubled boys, but what he really wants to be is a counselor. This juvenile comedy, filled with potty humor and slapstick, chronicles his campaign to get a promotion. A consummate bungler, he ends up causing all kinds of comical chaos. Fortunately, he also ends up helping many of the campers. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

PG, 1 hr. 32 min.

Comedy, Kids & Family

Sep 3, 2002

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All Critics (16) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (5) | DVD (1)

Typical, typical Ernest nonsense, cookie cutter funny.

March 6, 2008 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Feverishly funny family fun

March 11, 2005 Comment
Moviehole

Ernest did much better in some of the follow-ups.

August 11, 2003 Comment
About.com

Totally undeserving of its status as a punchline, this may be no classic but it's a fine kiddie tale

December 30, 2002 Comment
New Times

Just exactly like every other Ernest movie you've ever seen. And yet, Varney's innocent playfulness is somehow oddly appealing.

July 26, 2002 Comment
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

Has some honest laughs ... but it also spawned Ernest's movie career. Call it a toss-up.

July 25, 2002 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Ernest Goes to Camp

I don't care if the critics like this or not. Jim Varney was(and still is) one of my favorite actors of all time. He was truly gifted and a multi-faceted actor. How could anyone not fall for that lovable, yet zany 'Ernest'? 'Ernest Goes to Camp' is just one of the many movies I love starring Jim Varney. It's not hard

February 18, 2011
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Ernest P. Worrell: You see these hands? Huh? Huh? You see them? If I put them in my pockets I will be arrested for concealing lethal weapons.

November 26, 2006
DrZeek

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February 10, 2010:
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