Film201199 min

Bernie

Name: Bernie
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2011
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman, Tommy G. Kendrick

Taste attributes: comedycrimedramabiographyslowfresh & originalunsavouryrealisticintricatelinearenclosedall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"A story so unbelievable it must be true."

Boxlist takeRealistic and small-scale: an inventive crime comedy, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

6.6/10

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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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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