Critic Reviews
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100
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
You should have the opportunity to experience the movie the way I did, in complete ignorance, enjoying its every weird turn.
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88
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Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Weirdly funny, inspiring film.
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88
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
I had to forget what I knew about Black. He creates this character out of thin air, it's like nothing he's done before, and it proves that an actor can be a miraculous thing in the right role.
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85
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NPR Jeannette Catsoulis
The wonder of Black's performance here is its empathy and balance: inasmuch as he can disappear into any role, he dissolves into this one with no hint of mocking remove. It's a beautiful thing to see.
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75
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
No use trying to describe Bernie. It's a one-of-a-kind inspiration. You will never feel closer to a convicted killer.
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70
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Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Where the movie is at its best is in the comically laconic, straight-to-the-camera remarks offered by Carthage's residents. (They're played by a mix of local actors and real townspeople doing partially scripted versions of themselves.)
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60
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New York Daily News Joe Neumaier
Jack Black adds new depths to his slippery comic persona in Bernie, a movie that may not ultimately add up to much, but which is filled with wonderfully odd details of weird Americana.
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60
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The Hollywood Reporter Todd McCarthy
More than the film that surrounds him, Jack Black is worth the price of admission in Bernie, an oddball May-December true life crime story that would have profited from being a whole lot darker and full-bodied than it is.
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60
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Movieline Stephanie Zacharek
It was a stroke of genius, at least a miniature one, to cast Black in this role - he's made to play the affable teddy bear who could snap at any moment.
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58
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Entertainment Weekly Adam Markovitz
All those twangy, homespun observations interrupt and annotate the narrative until Black and MacLaine's scenes start to feel as trivial as reenactments on a true-crime TV show.
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