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Burning Bush takes an engrossing -- and ultimately uplifting -- ground-level look at a real-life struggle against totalitarianism.
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Enthralling ... July 24, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
Enthralling ...
Tom Keogh
Holland never risks overlooking the hardship that comes with being on the right side of history. "Burning Bush" is a riposte to the idea that there's anything beautiful about dying for your beliefs. June 13, 2014 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Holland never risks overlooking the hardship that comes with being on the right side of history. "Burning Bush" is a riposte to the idea that there's anything beautiful about dying for your beliefs.
Scout Tafoya
Elegantly scripted with an edge of biting gallows humor by Stepan Hulik, Burning Bush blends an intimate domestic drama with a thrilling Cold War procedural ... June 12, 2014 | Full Review…
Elegantly scripted with an edge of biting gallows humor by Stepan Hulik, Burning Bush blends an intimate domestic drama with a thrilling Cold War procedural ...
Ella Taylor
An absorbing docudrama that maintains a gratifying equilibrium between hope and cynicism. June 11, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review…
An absorbing docudrama that maintains a gratifying equilibrium between hope and cynicism.
Mike D'Angelo
"Burning Bush" really isn't intended for American viewers, and you may need to do a little homework or scramble to keep up. Generally speaking, it's highly worth it. June 11, 2014 | Full Review…
"Burning Bush" really isn't intended for American viewers, and you may need to do a little homework or scramble to keep up. Generally speaking, it's highly worth it.
Andrew O'Hehir
[A] thoughtful, gripping, crisply acted new film. June 10, 2014 | Full Review…
[A] thoughtful, gripping, crisply acted new film.
A.O. Scott
As powerfully enthralling as it is emotionally resonant, Burning Bush is Holland's most rewarding film in years. August 30, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
As powerfully enthralling as it is emotionally resonant, Burning Bush is Holland's most rewarding film in years.
Nicholas Bell
The opening is sensational and, as if the narrative weren't compelling enough, [Agnieszka] Holland keeps trying to top it for the rest of the movie with a hectic, hyper dramatic camera style. February 25, 2019 | Full Review…
The opening is sensational and, as if the narrative weren't compelling enough, [Agnieszka] Holland keeps trying to top it for the rest of the movie with a hectic, hyper dramatic camera style.
J. Hoberman
... inert and has no sense of flow, and this despite the wavy dramatic effect caused by the three-part scrunching. November 18, 2017 | Full Review…
... inert and has no sense of flow, and this despite the wavy dramatic effect caused by the three-part scrunching.
Blake Williams
Brilliant, ambitious, and moving. March 29, 2017 | Full Review…
Brilliant, ambitious, and moving.
Francine Prose
... a return to form for Holland, whose great films of the eighties and nineties (Angry Harvest, 1985, Europa Europa, 1990) combined the political, social and personal with a fiery volatility. May 22, 2016 | Full Review…
... a return to form for Holland, whose great films of the eighties and nineties (Angry Harvest, 1985, Europa Europa, 1990) combined the political, social and personal with a fiery volatility.
Sean Axmaker
It's a massive story of secret heroism, perfect for pop cinema-and with Holland's film, the time for movies to explore it may be nigh. April 12, 2016 | Full Review…
It's a massive story of secret heroism, perfect for pop cinema-and with Holland's film, the time for movies to explore it may be nigh.
Michael Atkinson
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