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Information
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 107 min.
- Director
- Guillermo Arriaga
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Rating *
- 6.8
- Votes *
- 15,316
- Checks
- 700
- Favs
- 33
- Dislikes
- 10
- Favs/checks
- 4.7% (1:21)
- Favs/dislikes
- 3:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
The Burning Plain is certainly a good movie for blond actresses. It stars Kim Basinger, Charlize Theron AND a young Jennifer Lawrence, and not only are they quite good, all of then, I can believe they would be genetically related. Good casting. And I quite appreciate director Guillermo Arriaga's sensitive handling of this story, especially in how he fashions in editing, cutting effortlessly between three time frames. But... This portrait of a self-destructive woman (Charlize, seemingly pigeon-holed in these "sad beauty" roles) whose past catches up to her is filled with mystery, but it's a mystery you can fairly quickly figure out, so then it becomes a case of just waiting for it to actually be revealed on screen. The only issue in question, for me, was the last shot, which comes at the end of probably the best piece of editing in the film. So I wanted to like this film much more than I did, as I respect the craft of all involved a heck of a lot, but I found it just a little too dull for a recommendation, honestly. 4 years 2 months ago -
