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Bernie
A story so unbelievable it must be true.
Rating
3.0 (1)
Release Date
4/27/2012Runtime
99 minsOverview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$5,000,000Revenue
$9,206,470Homepage
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How It Feels
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A Texas true-crime story told with genuine affection for its flawed protagonist, balancing dark humor with the messy human reality beneath the headlines. It's a film that asks you to sympathize with the unsympathizable.
Mood
BittersweetAbsurdContemplative
Themes
FriendshipIsolationClassRedemption
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticDocumentary-like
Structure
Framed flashback
Heads up
Graphic violence
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
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