In small-town Texas, the local mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the illusion that she's alive.
We meet Bernie Tiede (1958- ), a chubby undertaker, who takes pride in his work. He's a Gospel-singing tenor. In a series of interviews with townpeople, mixed with flashbacks, we follow Bernie: he arrives in Carthage, Texas (pop. 7,000), where old ladies adore him; he befriends a wealthy, mean-spirited widow named Marjorie Nugent; they become companion in both daily routines and expenive vacation. Among those interviewed, only her stockbroker and Danny Buck, the local district attorney, are unympathetic toward the sunny, sometimes saccharine Bernie. Marjorie changes from sour and alone to happy with Bernie; then she gets possessive. What will sweet Bernie do?

" Bernie" adaptation, based on a true story takes place in East Texas , a small town called Huntsville , Jack Black plays a funeral called Bernie , his work is mainly dealing with the elderly , for town in an eccentric and wealthy widow ( Shirley MacLaine ornaments ) entangled together .