Bernie (Richard Linklater)

This film is often called "darkly comic," but from my perspective--I recognized everyone in the film--it is a sober-eyed look at life in small-town Texas, where everyone knows everything about everyone and yet everyone tries (unnecessarily--see the previous clause) to hide a (well-known) secret.  If the Carthage, Texas citizens weren't played by themselves, outsiders might deem them parodies.  They are not.

Great performances by Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey.

New Times Review.

Highly recommended.