Bernie

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$9.2M

We meet Bernie Tiede (1958- ), a chubby undertaker, who takes pride in his work. He's a Gospel-singing tenor. In a series of interviews with townspeople, mixed with flashbacks, we follow Bernie: he arrives in Carthage, Texas (pop. 7,000), where old ladies adore him; he befriends a wealthy, mean-spirited widow named Marjorie Nugent; they become companions in both daily routines and expensive vacations. Among those interviewed, only her stockbroker and Danny Buck, the local district attorney, are unsympathetic toward the sunny, sometimes saccharine Bernie. Marjorie changes from sour and alone to happy with Bernie; then she gets possessive. What will sweet Bernie do?

🏆 10 wins & 19 nominations total

Genres

Biography, Comedy, Crime

Director

Richard Linklater

Cast

Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey

Released

22 June 2012

Runtime

1h 44m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

6.8 / 10

Votes

65,989

Metascore

75

Rotten Tomatoes

87%

Box office

$9,206,470

Edition

Base