Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance counselor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.

• DirectorJohn Cherry
• Release22 May 1987
• Genre
  Comedy / Family
• Duration1h 32m
• Budget$3,000,000
• Revenue$23,509,382
• Rate
  

  5.3
  170 reviews
• Productions

  Silver Screen Partners II, Touchstone Pictures, Emshell Producers, Silver Screen Partners III