Jack Black's overlooked criminal police in 2011 finds an audience on Tubi

This article contains spoiler For “Bernie.”

Richard Linklater's underestimated crime drama “Bernie” from 2011 contains Jack Blacks Bet performance. The film tells the true story of Bernie Tiede (Schwarz), a gentle community man from Carthage, Texas, who is known for his quietly spoken behavior and civil generosity. Bernie works in a local funeral home and has the call to make funerals look better and fancier. Its goodness makes him a little unfathomable for the locals, and many of them discuss whether they are strange or only like to spend time with old women.

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In 1990 Bernie Marjorie hit Nugent (Shirley Maclaine from “The Apartment”, among many, many Other films), a wealthy widow that buries her husband. Marjorie is a special case for Bernie because it seems to be the least pleasant and most canted person in the city. The couple soon begins, which may appear like a romance, but is more of a friendship. Marjorie has externally, but widespread interests. However, your relationship develops into a very strange place. In fact, Marjorie Bernie makes her financial manager and sole heirs (some lead to Bernie is a gold digger), but she remains bleak and makes it more and more difficult for him. Bernie, on his part, tries to stay calm, but Majorie keeps pressing his buttons and leaving Bernie the feeling of being caught.

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In 1996 (and this also happened in real life) Bernie announces that he will play in a local production of “The Music Man”, decidedly refuse to take part in the Marjorie. Bernie shoots into her back four times with a rifle and kills her. Then he stuffs her body into a freezer and uses her fortune to enrich the local community and sell gifts to everyone. Bernie is finally arrested by the police, but he is so popular in the community that no juror will judge him.

Now, strangely, the film “Bernie” is located in the middle of a revival of streaming. According to Flixpatrol, Top 10 films in the United States in the United States on May 2, 2025 and reached the number nine.