In small-town Texas, Bernie, the local mortician (played by Jack Black), 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. Based on an article by Skip Hollandsworth which appeared in a 1998 issue of Texas Monthly magazine.
This darkly comic docudrama detailing the unusual friendship between a likable Texas mortician and a wealthy but reviled widow, and the shocking crime that followed.