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Burden grapples clumsily with its undeniably worthy themes, but its honorable intentions -- and strong performances -- make it easy to forgive those flaws.
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Like Green Book, The Blind Side, The Soloist and so on, Burden fits too snugly into the white-saviour mode of storytelling. Which is a shame, because everyone involved here is doing their best in trying to craft layered characters with compelling agendas. June 27, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Like Green Book, The Blind Side, The Soloist and so on, Burden fits too snugly into the white-saviour mode of storytelling. Which is a shame, because everyone involved here is doing their best in trying to craft layered characters with compelling agendas.
Barry Hertz
"Burden" does a great job of giving the viewer a look at the lives of those in the KKK beyond their hatred, but it misses the mark on making an impact on the viewer. March 5, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
"Burden" does a great job of giving the viewer a look at the lives of those in the KKK beyond their hatred, but it misses the mark on making an impact on the viewer.
Elizabeth Montgomery
"Burden" is a film of integrity, with something even better than a social conscience. It has a social purpose. If you see it, you'll learn something. March 3, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
"Burden" is a film of integrity, with something even better than a social conscience. It has a social purpose. If you see it, you'll learn something.
Mick LaSalle
Writer and director Andrew Heckler has managed to make a powerful film, if not a very subtle one. March 3, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Writer and director Andrew Heckler has managed to make a powerful film, if not a very subtle one.
Mark Kennedy
I think it has a great cast and there are some good performances, but I thought at times the direction wasn't great and it veered into that white savior territory. February 29, 2020 | Full Review…
I think it has a great cast and there are some good performances, but I thought at times the direction wasn't great and it veered into that white savior territory.
Claudia Puig
Overall, Burden is too long and many of its beats have been appropriated from other movies about Southern racism. February 28, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Overall, Burden is too long and many of its beats have been appropriated from other movies about Southern racism.
James Berardinelli
The cast are all strong, but the film feels a little unsure of its place, wobbling between the retelling of history and a cinematic drama. July 14, 2020 | Full Review…
The cast are all strong, but the film feels a little unsure of its place, wobbling between the retelling of history and a cinematic drama.
Rachael Mead
Burden sometimes gets hokey, but the good intentions outweigh the sometimes overly sentimental direction. The movie doesn't sugarcoat that turning around a violent bigot's life can be complicated, messy, and dangerous. July 14, 2020 | Full Review…
Burden sometimes gets hokey, but the good intentions outweigh the sometimes overly sentimental direction. The movie doesn't sugarcoat that turning around a violent bigot's life can be complicated, messy, and dangerous.
Carla Hay
Burden feels like a prime example of misguided energy, where the focus is placed on a white man learning to repent for a lifetime of evil, rather than praising a Black man who shows kindness. July 2, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Burden feels like a prime example of misguided energy, where the focus is placed on a white man learning to repent for a lifetime of evil, rather than praising a Black man who shows kindness.
Ella Kemp
Though its messaging can be ham-fisted Burden packs quite a punch, its most arresting aspects being its portrayal of everyday racism, the difficulty of forgiveness and the power of social conditioning. As the KKK guru Tom Wilkinson is truly frightening. June 7, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Though its messaging can be ham-fisted Burden packs quite a punch, its most arresting aspects being its portrayal of everyday racism, the difficulty of forgiveness and the power of social conditioning. As the KKK guru Tom Wilkinson is truly frightening.
Jim Schembri
A valid and compelling film that deserves to be seen. June 4, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A valid and compelling film that deserves to be seen.
Graeme Tuckett
This is not an easy walkabout or spiritual amputation. It is not subtle, but neither is hard personal change like that found in this story. April 10, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
This is not an easy walkabout or spiritual amputation. It is not subtle, but neither is hard personal change like that found in this story.
Don Shanahan
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