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#1 Post by RAZORBACK » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:17 am



I know that this made an appearance at the 2011 London Film Festival but as it has a UK release date of 26/04/13 (on IMDb at least) I thought I would mention that it appears to be the next Total Film Screening Club movie (the webpage is dated Oct 26th 2012 :confus: ):

http://www.totalfilm.com/screening-club

If this is the case then the code should make an appearance at some point tomorrow...
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Re: Bernie

#2 Post by newdot » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:52 am

I think this is a legit find, so thank you...

Cineworld has Bernie listed as a "coming soon", with release date of 26th April 2013, so look out for your code tomorrow.

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Re: Bernie

#3 Post by midian » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:40 pm

i thought this fabulously kooky. It really made me laugh. I thought I was going to throw up at the opening scene tho', (the super glue et al. shudder!) Although JB's acting was a bit stilted it was novel to see him in such an adult role. ahhh, JB's grown up at last!

recommended 8/10 from me.


looked it up & found the story told from the perspective of her nephew as told in the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/magaz ... .html?_r=0
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Re: Bernie

#4 Post by the fox » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:43 pm

Funny in parts but neither me or my OH thought much to it, was a little disappointed.

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#5 Post by Livi92 » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:47 pm

Very disappointed. Didn't find it funny at all and was very bored. Even the decent cast, couldn't save this film for me. 2/10
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Re: Bernie

#6 Post by TheBoySeggy » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:48 pm

Hmm. I don't know what to make of this one. It wasn't bad, it wasn't great either... just meh.

I thought Matthew McConaughey was the standout performance for me in a film which I'll most likely have forgotten about tomorrow.

I was once again reminded why I truly hate Cineworld Trocadero... if I'm watching one film, I don't want to hear the bass & sound effects from a film in the neighbouring screen.

If you can't get your sound proofing right, close down, get it right, then reopen. Mini rant over.

McConaughey makes it a 5/10 (only just).

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Re: Bernie

#7 Post by filmfeb » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:48 pm

jack black and shirley mclaine excellent and a very interesting presentation of this true story,even the credits at the end of the film are worth a look

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Re: Bernie

#8 Post by valda » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:48 pm

I ventured down to the dreary Craperdero for this, what a mistake. We had the ususal queue till 6.20 then up to the rubbish screen, with surround sound i.e. the sound of the next door film :rolleyes: As soon as it started,with Jack Black was singing along to an awful Country song - THE WHOLE SONG 8O I knew I wasn't going to like it.

I left before the end, what was the point of staying when I had no interest in the film whatsoever? 2/10 for Texas
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#9 Post by pinklady56 » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:49 pm

Thought I'd lost the will to live - the parts where I actually managed to keep awake to were so bad that I wished I was asleep again.

What possessed Matthew McConaughey and Shirley Maclaine to agree to appear such a crap film? Thank goodness I didn't p*y for it.

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Re: Bernie

#10 Post by RAZORBACK » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:56 pm

Overall I enjoyed this and I certainly appreciated how it managed to seamlessly mix both it's fictional and documentary based elements.

Solid performances from everyone involved made watching this flick a pleasant experience so although it wasn't quite as good as I'd hoped it would be, it did just enough to get a 7/10 out of me...
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