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Bernie

A story so unbelievable it must be true.

2012 · PG-13 · 1h 39m

Directed by Richard Linklater

6.6

TMDB audience score
1,084 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • 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

  • Tim Cariker
    Townsperson

  • Fern Luker
    Townsperson

  • Jack Payne
    Townsperson

  • Sonny Carl Davis
    Townsperson

  • Chris Humphrey
    Townsperson

  • Jesse Lucio
    Mourner

  • Ann Reeves
    Townsperson