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Ernest Goes to Jail
1990
· Movie
· 81 min
D
MEANRANK
51/100
Every rating
40–58
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 40, highest is Letterboxd on 58. Critics average 40, everyone else 53.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- John Cherry
- Writer
- Charlie Cohen
- Released
- 6 April 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Rated
- PG
- Box office
- $25.0M
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