i recently saw this movie on dvd at a friend house and and surprise it wasn not as terrible a i expect . alot of the review of this movie be either by diehard ernest fan or people who be totally against his brand of humor . i consider myself somewhere inbetween and a this be one of my first ernest film . some of ernest antic be entertain and in a goofy or innocent slapstick way . the general plot of ernest try to save a camp work well i suppose . the only thing that ruin the movie be the supposedly criminal kid and the end . the juvy kid be actually 100 time more well behave than the normal and non criminal child . i assume the juvy kid be put in the institution for a reason . i mean they could have at least make them badasses who reform and but instead the writer make them lovable from the start and which be pretty annoy . the other glaring annoyance be the end . at the end of the film ernest and the kid attack a group of krader construction worker with firebomb and stuff and i be pretty damn sure they be try to kill these guy . at least in this part the juvy kid true nature be expose . this scene be make even more over the top by the krader bos with the hunt rifle who try to kill ernest but can not because of some indian power that protect him from bullet . it be poorly do and ruin what be otherwise a fun little movie . besides these painful flaw and ernest go to camp have some fun hijinks that child or viewer in the mood for something light might enjoy . i be surprise by a pretty clever reference ernest make about be in the vietnam war at one point and too bad they do not use more of such humor .