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.

Jack Black
as Bernie Tiede

Shirley MacLaine
as Marjorie Nugent

Matthew McConaughey
as Danny Buck Davidson

Brady Coleman
as Scrappy Holmes

Richard Robichaux
as Lloyd Hornbuckle

Rick Dial
as Don Leggett

Brandon Smith
as Sheriff Huckabee

Larry Jack Dotson
as Rev. Woodard

Merrilee McCommas
as Molly

Mathew Greer
as Carl
DoryDarko
Bernie is a really fun and enjoyable dark comedy, starring Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. This is actually the true story of what happened between a purely good man and a purely evil woman. Jack Black plays Bernie Tiede, an assistant undertaker in the small town of Carthage, Texas. He is loved ...