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.
Ernest Goes to Camp has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
By Bill Cosford (281) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 05 Dec 2011
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Ernest Goes to Camp was released in 1987 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 317 reviews, giving Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) an average rating of 45%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 72%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 30%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Ernest Goes to Camp a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 45%, Ernest Goes to Camp is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1987, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1987 with similar scores include films like Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol and Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise.
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