The Christian Sciene Monitor"Bernie" at times seems a shade too mild, and Linklater's reliance on the townspeople is overdone. But this is a murder myst...
Chicago Sun-TimesIn Richard Linklater's droll comedy "Bernie," Jack Black plays an east Texas funeral director named Bernie Tiede, and it is ...
Entertainment WeeklyIt sounds like a clever idea: Why not let firsthand witnesses narrate a movie about the stranger-than-fiction friendship bet...
The New YorkerLinklater has made a smart movie, with a mordant satirical edge, but he almost falls victim to his own sense of authenticity...
Entertainment WeeklyAll those twangy, homespun observations interrupt and annotate the narrative until Black and MacLaine's scenes start to feel...
Rolling StoneAs played by Jack Black, in an award-caliber performance, Bernie is everything you'd want in a friend. The movie is a one-of...
Wall Street JournalThe movie itself, a partly true and cheerfully embellished account of a Texas murder case, presents a case of narrative drif...
The New York Times A sordid, bleak tale about two lonely people drawn to each other like colliding planets.
Los Angeles TimesA true-life Texas tale so perfectly told it seems more like eavesdropping than moviegoing.
SlateMuch more than a macabre true-crime tale: It's a story of thwarted love, not between two people, but between a man and a who...
New York Daily NewsA movie that may not ultimately add up to much, but which is filled with wonderfully odd details of weird Americana.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Richard Linklater
Writer: Richard Linklater
Studio: Millennium Films
Cast: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey
Release: April 27, 2012
Writer: Richard Linklater
Studio: Millennium Films
Cast: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey
Release: April 27, 2012
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