Bernie

Det går inte att säga annat än att Bernie är sevärd och att Jack Black är filmens stora behållning. På egen hand lyfter han filmen från en trea till en fyra.

Linklater again gets the most out of Black’s devilish grin and zeal for musical performance.

Black's performance is a revelation: foregoing his usual repertoire of jiggling, tics and head-waggling craziness, Black ensures Tiede is a satirical creation of considerable substance. Really impressive.

The comedy is sharp with some of the film’s best lines coming from those townsfolk.

In Richard Linklater's droll comedy "Bernie," Jack Black plays an east Texas funeral director named Bernie Tiede, and it is surely one of the performances of the year.