Burn Country

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Burn Country

2016

1h 43m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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An exiled Afghan journalist moves to Northern California. When he tries to rise above his menial job on a police blotter by covering a local crime, he's drawn into a world of violence.

Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

12/08/2016

Mr. Rains, Ms. Leo and Mr. Franco are all so interesting that you wish they had more to bite into. But the film has a transfixing quality nonetheless.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

12/08/2016

There's plenty of intelligence and atmosphere in play here - Adam Newport-Berra's fluid, textured cinematography is a standout, and the performances, especially Rains' charismatic portrait of someone scarred yet innocent, are engaging.

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Soren Andersen

Seattle Times

12/07/2016

3/4

The performances are first rate, particularly Rains' work in the lead role.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

01/16/2017

Despite some atmospheric touches, the film doesn't offer much meaningful insight into the struggle of a man trying desperately to assimilate into a new culture.

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Anthony Salveggi

Paste Magazine

12/09/2016

5.9/10

Nothing that follows Burn Country's jarring opening scene, which drops us without warning into an ongoing performance of an avant-garde play, quite lives up to its audacious intensity and strangeness.

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

12/09/2016

2/5

Drama about Afghani "fixer" in U.S. has mature content.

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12/03/2021

what in the bloody hell was this!?

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09/21/2017

Really liked it. One of those movies that makes little sense until the final scene. Strong message of a sense of purpose being important in people's lives

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07/30/2017

A slow, boring movie filled with a crappy storyline, stereotypical American hicks and an ending that leaves you wondering why you just wasted your time watching that.

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03/10/2017

CG 4 Stars view of deep california with a murder where a immigrant is searching attachment because he left so much beyond to be there

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02/12/2017

Wasted time watching this. What was the point!

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01/03/2017

Same as meet the fuckers but 2016 jajajaja is great movie very very funny from the start to the end

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Synopsis

An exiled Afghan journalist moves to Northern California. When he tries to rise above his menial job on a police blotter by covering a local crime, he's drawn into a world of violence.

Director: Ian Olds
Producer: Caroline von Kuhn, Jennifer Glynn
Screenwriter: Paul Felten, Ian Olds
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: Rabbit Bandini Productions, Orion Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Gigi Productions, Relic Pictures
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 9, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 9, 2016
Runtime: 1h 43m