Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquim de Almeida
From writer/director Guillermo Arriaga comes THE BURNING PLAIN, a romantic mystery about a woman on the edge who takes an emotional journey back to the defining moment of her life. Oscar-winner Charli...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 12, 2010
Stats: 255 reviews
In The Burning Plain, the intersecting lives of multiple characters come crashing into one story that is both gripping and incredibly layered. Until just recently, movies that skip back and forth between multiple stories were deemed to be avant garde and confusing. But with the a...( read more)
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A drama with a two-tiered storyline concerning a mother (Basinger) and daughter (Theron) who try to form a bond after the young woman's difficult childhood.REVIEW
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Arriaga's characteristic style comes unstuck as his tricksy timeline adds little and masks some illogical plot developments.
Although I find Arriaga a genius wehn it comes to writting films (e.g. 21 grams, Babel, Amores perros) he was not quite convincing as a director. This film is a bit muffled and albeit some good acting from everyone, I never fully conected with the emotional undercurrents.
very good. good rythm. solid performance. i liked it very much and i don't think it was slow.
it's slow but good movie, with nice story
and plus u can see naked Theron what else do u need lol
I loved it, and i don't understand why critics hated it. It was a very good story, slow but realistic. Awesome acting.
A pretty decent slow burning multi-threaded drama. It has one of those fragmented timelines that jumps around a bit but when you actually work out who's who and how their lives all cross over it's quite intresting. Solid performances by the cast. Nice cinematography.
A beautifully made film with arresting performances, but it's pointlessly solemn and disjointed. full review
The elliptical structure of the narrative can't cover up its overheated, half-baked banality. full review
Told chronologically, it might have accumulated considerable power. Told as a labyrinthine tangle of intercut timelines and locations, it is a frustrating exercise in self-indulgence by writer-directo... full review
In The Burning Plain we follow three-or maybe four-different stories that ultimately converge in ways that are both utterly predictable and completely preposterous. full review
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