7.6 Score

2012 • 1h 39min • PG-13 • Comedy, Crime, Drama

Bernie

"A story so unbelievable it must be true."

In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

IMDb 6.8

RT 88%

MC 75

Writer

Skip Hollandsworth

Composer

Graham Reynolds

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Jack Black

Bernie Tiede

Shirley MacLaine

Marjorie Nugent

Matthew McConaughey

Danny Buck Davidson

Brady Coleman

Scrappy Holmes

Richard Robichaux

Lloyd Hornbuckle

Rick Dial

Don Leggett

Brandon Smith

Sheriff Huckabee

Larry Jack Dotson

Rev. Woodard

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Jack Black Bernie Tiede

Shirley MacLaine Marjorie Nugent

Matthew McConaughey Danny Buck Davidson

Brady Coleman Scrappy Holmes

Richard Robichaux Lloyd Hornbuckle

Rick Dial Don Leggett

Brandon Smith Sheriff Huckabee

Larry Jack Dotson Rev. Woodard

Merrilee McCommas Molly

Mathew Greer Carl

Marjorie Dome Townsperson

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