# Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)

> A hapless bank employee becomes an electrically empowered escapee after a criminal doppelgänger scheme sends him to prison.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/11448

## Facts

- Runtime: 81 min
- Genres: Comedy, Family, Crime
- Director: John Cherry
- Cast: Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Barbara Tyson, Barry Scott, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Dan Leegant, Charles Napier
- TMDB rating: 5.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099512/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Mood: irreverent, wacky, cartoonish, family movie night, lazy weekend

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