191) Wake in Fright (1971)

191) Wake in Fright (1971) Dir: Ted Kotcheff Date Released: October 1971 Date Seen: June 12, 2010 Rating: 4/5

Ridiculous but also astonishingly dire. See my interview with Kotcheff for the New York Press.

396) Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

396) Weekend at Bernie's (1989) Dir: Ted Kotcheff Date Released: July 1989 Date Seen: November 13, 2009 Rating: 3/5

I don't feel too strongly about this film either way, which is obviously too broad and loose for its own good. I laughed. I was engaged. I understand why it's not that great--inconsistent pacing, cliched characters, flat humor and on and on--but I could dig it, for the most part. Terry Kiser is especially funny as Bernie, but only once he's dead. One of those "If it were on TV, I'd watch it" films.