Danny Buck seemed to think he was, at least. Amazing Freaking Grace: Could one make a movie about a Texas funeral director without it?.Affably Evil: Bernie is exceptionally affable, and only 'evil' in that he killed Marjorie, though nearly everyone forgives him (and hated her).This film contains examples of the following tropes: Not to be confused with Albert Dupontel's 1996 film of the same name. The film, directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Skip Hollandsworth, is peppered heavily with clips of interviews of the real-life inhabitants of Carthage who remember Bernie. After being found out, the local DA ( Matthew McConaughey) finds it difficult to gain a conviction for a remorseful Bernie who is loved universally by the townspeople and, instead, tries him in a more disinterested county. and then proceeds to keep up appearances, hoping no one will notice the shut-in curmudgeon isn't around much. At his wits' end, he snaps and kills her with an armadillo gun. Also not your usual Jack Black.īernie is a 2011 film that presents the mostly-true story of Bernie Tiede ( Jack Black), a funeral director in Carthage, TX, who befriends the local battle-axe, Marjorie Nugent ( Shirley Maclaine), at her husband's funeral, becoming her closest confidant and companion, but eventually becoming her verbally abused pet and slave.

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