Bernie Tiede (Jack Black) is a small town mortician who befriends wealthy widow Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine), but when it's discovered Marjorie is dead, Bernie is charged with her murder.
In 1996, 38-year-old assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede killed an 81-year-old wealthy widow he befriended after handling her husband's funeral. When Tiede's close friendship with Marjorie ...