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Bernie
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1905
- IMDb #2682
- Rotten Tomatoes #1635
- Metacritic #1232
- Letterboxd #2174
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1343
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2328
- Metacritic Critics #1026
- Metacritic Audience #1728
- Kinopoisk #4193
- AlloCiné #2791
- Trakt #3575
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a small Texas town, a beloved and effusive mortician named Bernie strikes up an unlikely friendship with a wealthy, widely despised widow. He becomes her constant companion, managing her affairs and enduring her abuse. When she is found dead, the entire community rallies around Bernie, refusing to believe the gentle man could be capable of murder, despite the mounting evidence pointing to his involvement in her death.
Details
- Director
- Richard Linklater
- Writers
- Richard Linklater, Skip Hollandsworth
- Based on
- Texas Monthly
- Released
- 27 April 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $9.2M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Independent Spirit Award 2013 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| Independent Spirit Award 2013 | Best Male Lead | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Award 2012 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Award 2012 | Best Comedy Film | Nominee | |
| National Society of Film Critics Award 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Matthew McConaughey | Winner |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Matthew McConaughey | Winner |
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×| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Male Lead | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Matthew McConaughey | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Matthew McConaughey | Winner |
| Best Comedy Film | Nominee |