Bernie - Leichen pflastern seinen Weg

Originaltitel: Bernie

2011
12
1 Std. 39 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,8/10

65.306

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

3.753

1.176

Matthew McConaughey, Shirley MacLaine, and Jack Black in Bernie - Leichen pflastern seinen Weg (2011)

In small-town Texas, the friendship between the well-liked local mortician and a a reviled wealthy widow becomes the focus of much debate and scandal once she turns up dead.

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16 Videos

99+ Fotos

Dark Comedy Docudrama True Crime Biography Comedy Crime Drama

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Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,8/10

65.306

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

3.753

1.176

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 10 Gewinne & 19 Nominierungen insgesamt

Videos16

Bernie: She Had Bernie (Spanish Subtitled)

Clip 1:20

Bernie: Bernie Did It (Spanish Subtitled)

Clip 0:22

Bernie: Clip 15

Fotos134

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Handlung

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Wissenswertes
Real residents of Carthage, Texas who knew the real Bernie Tiede and Marjorie Nugent appear in the film providing commentary on the events.

Patzer
Bernie committed the murder in 1996, yet he answers an iPhone nearly right after the murder.

Zitate
Townsperson: [talking about Marjorie Nugent] She would chew your ass out at the drop of a hat. I mean, she'd rip you a brand new, three-bedroom, two-bath, double-wide asshole. No problem.

Crazy Credits
Before the main credits roll, photos of the real-life Bernie and Marjorie together are shown, along with a brief video of Bernie Teide talking with Jack Black.

Alternative Versionen
According to the Technical specs link for the film, there are two different versions of this movie: one running 1 hr 39 min (99 min), and the other for 1 hr 44 min (104 min) (USA).

Verbindungen
Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Jack Black/New York City's Meatball Shop Guys/Beirut (2012)

Soundtracks
Love Lifted Me
Written by James Rowe and Howard E. Smith
Performed by The Florida Boys
Courtesy of World Entertainment
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

Benutzerrezensionen182

Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

Excellent and very funny black comedy

A mortician strikes up a friendship with a rich controlling businesswoman that doesn't have good consequences.

The film is told like a documentary with interviews with people who knew the pair along with flashbacks to stages in their relationship. It's an interesting format and one that works well. The story flows well and holds your attention throughout. This is a good example of a black comedy that really works with a sparkling and very witty script with lots of well observed and funny moments but also some good dark drama.

It features a strong cast with Jack Black as a popular mortician.The stand out performance for me was by Matthew McConaughey as the charismatic cop trying to put Black behind bars.

Bernie is one of those films that you watch with low expectations but which surprises you with how good it is. It deserves a much higher rating than it's current 6.8 (36,466 votes). Highly recommended.