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It's a strong debut for Moshe, who, with the exception of some of the oater dialogue, shows both a reverence for and a knowledge of the genre that's intriguing. May 23, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
It's a strong debut for Moshe, who, with the exception of some of the oater dialogue, shows both a reverence for and a knowledge of the genre that's intriguing.
Bill Goodykoontz
Ponderous but lovely, simple but elegant, it should appeal to fans of Westerns. May 3, 2013 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Ponderous but lovely, simple but elegant, it should appeal to fans of Westerns.
Laremy Legel
Small in scale but with a grand visual ambition, "Dead Man's Burden" draws nourishment from its burned-out desert setting and ambling pace. May 2, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/5
Small in scale but with a grand visual ambition, "Dead Man's Burden" draws nourishment from its burned-out desert setting and ambling pace.
Jeannette Catsoulis
Despite visual nods to dozens of classic Westerns, the film cannot break through with its own vision. May 2, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Despite visual nods to dozens of classic Westerns, the film cannot break through with its own vision.
Miriam Bale
The story is modest to the point of occasionally seeming slight, and the ending is a tad too cute in the way it circles back to the beginning, but even those flaws just make it feel more authentic. See it now, before it gets rediscovered. May 2, 2013 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
The story is modest to the point of occasionally seeming slight, and the ending is a tad too cute in the way it circles back to the beginning, but even those flaws just make it feel more authentic. See it now, before it gets rediscovered.
Mike D'Angelo
You never get over the feeling that you're watching modern actors play frontier-drama dress-up. It's a deathblow. Apr 30, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
You never get over the feeling that you're watching modern actors play frontier-drama dress-up. It's a deathblow.
David Fear
There's nothing like some good old fashioned gunfire, family squabbles, horse riding, spurs, miners and homesteaders to get the juices flowing and that's just what first time feature writer/director Jared Moshe does. Nov 25, 2019 | Full Review…
There's nothing like some good old fashioned gunfire, family squabbles, horse riding, spurs, miners and homesteaders to get the juices flowing and that's just what first time feature writer/director Jared Moshe does.
Debbie Lynn Elias
While it doesn't reach the height of exuberance seen in many of the films it invokes, Dead Man's Burden is an intriguing effort. Jul 24, 2019 | Full Review…
While it doesn't reach the height of exuberance seen in many of the films it invokes, Dead Man's Burden is an intriguing effort.
Nicholas Bell
Moshé immediately establishes an unforgiving milieu for his moody, minimalist Western. May 23, 2013 | Rating: 7.4/10 | Full Review…
Moshé immediately establishes an unforgiving milieu for his moody, minimalist Western.
Curtis Woloschuk
The movie offers a convincing look at the sort of irreparable damage the Civil War did to families, but too often it feels like self-conscious role-play. May 5, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The movie offers a convincing look at the sort of irreparable damage the Civil War did to families, but too often it feels like self-conscious role-play.
Robert Levin
Dead Man's Burden isn't [great], but it's not a bad horse opera and is unflinching in its depictions of harshness and violence. May 5, 2013 | Full Review…
Dead Man's Burden isn't [great], but it's not a bad horse opera and is unflinching in its depictions of harshness and violence.
Staci Layne Wilson
Oddly lifeless, despite the clearly devoted efforts of the cast and crew: It's admirable without being particularly engaging, so respectful of its cinematic predecessors that its own voice is strangled. May 3, 2013 | Full Review…
Oddly lifeless, despite the clearly devoted efforts of the cast and crew: It's admirable without being particularly engaging, so respectful of its cinematic predecessors that its own voice is strangled.
Maitland McDonagh
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