Ernest Goes to School
Release Date: 14th December 1994 - USA
(Direct to Video)
Production Companies
Emshell Producers
Pacific Motion Pictures Corporation
Ernest Partners Ltd
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG
Runtime: 89 minutes
Plot Summary
School was never this fun!Ernest goes back to school
in order to obtain a high
school diploma and save
his job. Will he be the
"Class Clown" or the
"Class Brain"? Seems
obvious, but maybe not so.
(Source - Amazon)
Cast
Jim Varney - Ernest P. Worrell
Linda Kash - Gerta
Bill Byrge - Bobby
Jason Michas - Donald
Sarah Chalk - Maisy
Gaber Khouth - Rodney
Corrine Koslo - Miss Flugal
Russell Porter - Brad
Will Sasso - Russell
Duncan Fraser - Coach Decker
French Tickner - Principal Procter
Kevin McNulty - Axwell
Bill Byrge - BobbyJason Michas - Donald
Sarah Chalk - Maisy
Gaber Khouth - Rodney
Corrine Koslo - Miss Flugal
Russell Porter - Brad
Will Sasso - Russell
Duncan Fraser - Coach Decker
French Tickner - Principal Procter
Kevin McNulty - Axwell
David Keith - Squint Westwood
Ron Robinson - Coach Carson
Judith Maxie - Ms. Nichols
Fran Gebhard - Miss Cosgrove
Betty Lynde - Miss Boyd
Bruce Arntson - Chick Hansen
Crew
Writer/Director - Coke Sams
Writer/Music - Bruce Arntson
Executive Producer - John R. Cherry III
Executive Producer - John R. Cherry III
Producer - Stacy Williams
Co-Producer - Tom Rove
Production Designer - Chris August
Art Director - Helen Jarvis
Art Director - Helen Jarvis
Director of Photography - David Geddes
Stunt Coordinator - Jacob Rupp
Special Effects Coordinator - Gary Paller
Stunt Coordinator - Jacob Rupp
Special Effects Coordinator - Gary Paller
Film Editor - Christopher Ellis
Music - Kirby Shelstad
Review
Honestly with some of the goody humour and cartoonish gags resided in another but obscure Ernest instalment of 'ERNEST GOES TO SCHOOL'. This is not what I experienced in growing up with the goofball Southerner who is portrayed and created by the late actor Jim Varney. From what I've heard, it was the first of the direct-to-video releases following the fifth movie 'Ernest Rides Again'. This made a big risk for its studio in distributing itself without the assistance of Disney and ended all hopes for future theatrical releases of Ernest. I recognised how truly pitiful this sixth instalment has become as a result, there were a few scenes which are poorly done.
However once again, Jim Varney does another sensational performance as Ernest. Unfortunately Varney's acting is not enough to save the movie when his character undergoes a brief transformation into the intelligent version. This however does not make it funny, but it's only temporary. Thankfully returns to his bumbling comic self. This was the first movie for actor Will Sasso in which he plays one of the two bullies who torments Ernest. However Sasso's performance is nothing noteworthy.
Review
Honestly with some of the goody humour and cartoonish gags resided in another but obscure Ernest instalment of 'ERNEST GOES TO SCHOOL'. This is not what I experienced in growing up with the goofball Southerner who is portrayed and created by the late actor Jim Varney. From what I've heard, it was the first of the direct-to-video releases following the fifth movie 'Ernest Rides Again'. This made a big risk for its studio in distributing itself without the assistance of Disney and ended all hopes for future theatrical releases of Ernest. I recognised how truly pitiful this sixth instalment has become as a result, there were a few scenes which are poorly done.
However once again, Jim Varney does another sensational performance as Ernest. Unfortunately Varney's acting is not enough to save the movie when his character undergoes a brief transformation into the intelligent version. This however does not make it funny, but it's only temporary. Thankfully returns to his bumbling comic self. This was the first movie for actor Will Sasso in which he plays one of the two bullies who torments Ernest. However Sasso's performance is nothing noteworthy.
I don’t think that 'ERNEST GOES TO SCHOOL' is going to be any better with the added weirdness. For all you hardcore Ernest
fans out there, this film is truly the weakest of the series and it really isn't the beginning of the series downfall or so it seems. Know what I mean?
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