Bumbling bank janitor Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, and soon finds himself in trouble when he is covertly switched with a look-a-like crime boss. Ernest must escape from jail to expose the mix-up.
Ernest Goes to Jail has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
By William Thomas (198) for Empire (3,446) on 25 Jul 1991
Review of Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
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By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 06 May 2012
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Ernest Goes to Jail was released in 1990 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 286 reviews, giving Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) an average rating of 47%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 68%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Ernest Goes to Jail than critics were.
With a score of 47%, Ernest Goes to Jail is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1990, which stands at 58%.
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