M (Sydney Travelling Film Festival )
Release Date13/10/2012
Running time103 mins
DirectorRichard Linklater
StarsJack Black, Matthew McConaughey, Shirley MacLaine, Veronica Orosco, Tommy G. Kendrick, Rick Dial, Mona Lee Fultz
SynopsisJack Black joins forces with the director of his 2003 hit, School of Rock, turning in a barnstorming performance as Bernie in this charmingly, unorthodox comedy. Bernie Tiede, an assistant funeral director, is the much-loved resident of a one-horse Texan town, Carthage. When he befriends curmudgeonly wealthy widow, Marjorie (Shirley MacLaine),the tight-knit community is somewhat surprised – and the local sheriff (a creepy turn from Matthew McConaughey) is openly sceptical of his motives.