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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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Just because Eastern Bloc period pieces are almost always stately and elegiac doesn't mean a largely compelling movie like this shouldn't still manage to surprise us once or twice over the course of four hours. Aug 7, 2014 | Full Review…
Just because Eastern Bloc period pieces are almost always stately and elegiac doesn't mean a largely compelling movie like this shouldn't still manage to surprise us once or twice over the course of four hours.
Michael Nordine
Enthralling ... Jul 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. Jun 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 ... Jun 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. Jun 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. Jun 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
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. Feb 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. Nov 17, 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. Mar 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. Apr 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
In its focus on everyday citizens, Burning Bush kindles and then fans a flickering hope for the masses of individuals down and out, waiting and wanting to rise up, consumed not by hate or fear but a desire for a fairer system and better lives. Aug 31, 2015 | Full Review…
In its focus on everyday citizens, Burning Bush kindles and then fans a flickering hope for the masses of individuals down and out, waiting and wanting to rise up, consumed not by hate or fear but a desire for a fairer system and better lives.
Brian Gibson
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