I mean, she’d tear your brand-new, three-bedroom, two-bathroom, double-wide asshole apart
Synopsis
In a small Texas town, a nice mortician befriends a wealthy widow, but when she becomes controlling, he struggles to free himself from her grip. Real-life residents of Carthage, Texas who knew the real Bernie Tiede and Marjorie Nugent appear in the film to provide commentary on the events. Bernie committed the murder in 1996, but answers his iPhone almost immediately after the murder. Townsman: [speaking of Marjorie Nugent] She’d chew your ass off the first time she dropped it. No problem. Before the main credits, real-life photos of Bernie and Marjorie together are shown, along with a short video of Bernie Tiede talking to Jack Black.
Love Lifted MeWritten by James Rowe and Howard E
According to the link to the technical specifications for the film, there are two different versions of this film: one is 1 hour and 39 minutes (99 minutes) and the other is 1 hour and 44 minutes (104 minutes) (US). Featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Jack Black/New York City’s Meatball Shop Guys/Beirut (2012). SmithPerformed by The Florida BoysCourtesy of World EntertainmentIn Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing. I saw the world premiere of "Bernie" last night at the Los Angeles Film Festival. I have to admit, after Jack Black’s series of ‘Year One’, ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ and ‘Kung Fu Panda’, I was starting to lose hope that I would ever see "School of Rock" the guy I fell in love with. When I heard that Richard Linklater (School of Rock) and Jack Black were reuniting, I felt a glimmer of hope.
I loved this movie!
I’m happy to report, I wasn’t disappointed last night! Jack Black gives one of the best performances of his career in "Bernie" Shirley MacLaine was the icing on the cake and Matthew McConaughey was the cherry on top. "Bernie" is based on the true story of Bernie Tiede, an assistant funeral director and philanthropist, who confessed to murdering Marjorie Nugent, a very wealthy and mean old woman. Bernie was a bit of an eccentric, but he was loved by the entire community in Carthage, Texas. Jack Black nails this performance. He really shows us what he’s capable of as an actor.
The chemistry between MacLaine and Black was fantastic
It was such a joy to watch him transform into Bernie Tiede. Great moments of physical comedy and also some twisted, dark moments of getting a glimpse into Bernie’s spiraling psyche. Shirley MacLaine was Marjorie Nugent who was known as a mean, bitter woman with no friends or family who tried to sue her for her money. You can’t go wrong with Shirley MacLaine – she’s simply brilliant. I really enjoyed watching them on screen together. They even had great chemistry live at the world premiere last night.
It seems like they really enjoyed working together on this film
Matthew McConaughey was excellent as the prosecutor Danny Buck Davidson, the character didn’t seem like much of a role to him, but who cares – he was great! I’m not sure when it’s supposed to be released, but I’ll be recommending it to my friends when it hits theaters.