Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
"Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!"
ThumbScore
👍 65%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 11%
(RT: 11%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Bill Byrge as Bobby
Barbara Tyson as Charlotte Sparrow
Barry Scott as Rubin Bartlett
Dan Leegant as Oscar Pendlesmythe
Is Ernest Goes to Jail good?
It's divisive. 65% audience score, estimated from 183 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 11%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
