Bernie Rated PG-13 for some violent images and brief strong language The lines between comedic drama and documentary seem a little blurred in Bernie. At least, that’s true until we adjust to writer-director Richard Linklater’s unusual approach. Local “interviews” (mostly scripted with co-writer Skip Hollandsworth) are used throughout to narrate this tale of money, murder and eccentricity in small-town East Texas. Jack Black plays Bernie Tiede, who in the late 1980s arrives in Carthage (population under 7,000) with a sweet smile and a degree in mortuary science. Hired as an [...]