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- "Gaudily vibrant, at times morbidly funny" Manohla Dargis: The New York Times "No use trying to describe 'Bernie'. It's a one-of-a-kind inspiration. You will never feel closer to a convicted killer. Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
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Apr 26, 2012 · Shirley MacLaine and Jack Black form an unlikely bond in “Bernie,” Richard Linklater’s dark comedy.
- Richard Linklater
- Manohla Dargis
- 99 min
May 9, 2014 · CARTHAGE, Tex. — Richard Linklater could not have imagined a more bizarre final scene for “Bernie,” the dark comedy film he directed, than the one that unfolded Tuesday in East Texas.
- Brandi Grissom
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 88% rating, based on 166 reviews, with an average rating of 7.40/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Richard Linklater's Bernie is a gently told and unexpectedly amusing true-crime comedy that benefits from an impressive performance by Jack Black".
May 16, 2012 · An unspoken compact grows between Bernie and Marjorie in which neither one declares exactly what's going on, but the fiction is maintained that Bernie believes her worthy of his kindest attentions, and she believes that at last a man has gotten her right.
Jun 22, 2012 · 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.
- (64K)
- Biography, Comedy, Crime
- Richard Linklater
- 2012-06-22
Apr 27, 2012 · 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. Feb 22, 2019 Rated: 4/5...
- (173)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- PG-13
Jun 17, 2011 · Bernie Richard Linklater's offbeat true-crime saga sustains a tone so affectionate you have to squint to make out its darkly comic undertow.
