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- Richard Linklater's Bernie is a gently told and unexpectedly amusing true-crime comedy that benefits from an impressive performance by Jack Black.
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Richard Linklater's Bernie is a gently told and unexpectedly amusing true-crime comedy that benefits from an impressive performance by Jack Black. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. Bernie lacks...
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Bernie is a 2011 American biographical black comedy thriller film directed by Richard Linklater, and written by Linklater and Skip Hollandsworth. The film stars Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey.
Jack Black transforms himself into a gay charmer turned murderer with aplomb and Shirley MacLaine, in a limited role, conveys the wealthy widow's narcissism to a tee. But it's the actual people of Carthage that steal the show and make this offbeat indie, highly entertaining.
Aug 21, 2012 · This Richard Linklater-directed movie based on true events, and featuring interviews with those who actually knew the key players, is an offbeat concoction that mystifies and mesmerizes. It makes you privy to the frailties and eccentricities of human relationships.
- Millennium Entertainment
- Richard Linklater
With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman. In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.
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- Biography, Comedy, Crime
- Richard Linklater
- 2012-06-22
Apr 23, 2013 · Time Out says. Texan filmmaker Richard Linklater offers a wry, blackly comic take on his home state with this tongue-in-cheek, often camp spin on a real-life murder case that took place in the late...
Mar 26, 2013 · Bernie Review. Mortician Bernie (Black) is universally liked in Carthage, Texas, although his friendship with hated wealthy widow Marjorie (MacLaine) raises eyebrows. When Marjorie disappears...