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Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

2026 · 111 min

A warm, candid look at a stubborn artist's long career, mixing fond anecdotes with a quiet sense of endurance and mortality.

Directed by
Mike Mendez
Genres
Documentary
Overview
DERNSIE is an intimate portrait of Bruce Dern—tireless, uncompromising, and one of the last living legends of his generation—whose endurance has shaped both a turbulent life and one of Hollywood’s most enduring careers. A relentless runner on and off screen, Dern has outlasted the very industry that defined him.
How it feels
Warm, earnest, melancholic and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Ambition, aging, identity, work
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Directed by
Mike Mendez
Genres
Documentary
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Mike Mendez
Starring
Bruce Dern, Laura Dern, Quentin Tarantino, Alexander Payne, Billy Bob Thornton, Walton Goggins, Walter Hill, Fred Specktor
Runtime
111 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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