Burning Bush

2014

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96%

Tomatometer

23 Reviews

80%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

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Critics Consensus

Burning Bush takes an engrossing -- and ultimately uplifting -- ground-level look at a real-life struggle against totalitarianism.

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J. Hoberman

ARTINFO.com

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

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

Enthralling ...

Rated: 3.5/4

Jul 24, 2014

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Scout Tafoya

RogerEbert.com

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.

Rated: 4/4

Jun 13, 2014

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

As powerfully enthralling as it is emotionally resonant, Burning Bush is Holland's most rewarding film in years.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 30, 2019

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Blake Williams

Cinema Scope

... inert and has no sense of flow, and this despite the wavy dramatic effect caused by the three-part scrunching.

Nov 18, 2017

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Francine Prose

The New York Review of Books

Brilliant, ambitious, and moving.

Mar 29, 2017

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Tim G

Captivating, what a slice of history.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/04/22

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Serge L

Superb film which tells a slice of the history of Czechoslovakia recently invaded by Russia. Very credible recreation. Very long film to see as a mini-serie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/15/20

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Audience Member

A long film that is riveting. Well acted, beautifully filmed, perfectly directed. The Prague Spring and it's grim aftermath explored on a very human scale. Ordinary people are twisted into despicable pawns of a distopic state.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

The best czech mini-series I have ever seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

odlicen HBO film vo tri dela spored vistinska prikazna,koja ne vraka vo 1969,koga SSSR ja okupira Cehoslovacka...i uste ednas Agnieszka Holland pokazuva deka e golem reziser!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

povinnej film p?ed volbama!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Agnieszka Holland

Director

Tatiana Pauhofová

Actor

Igor Bares

Actor

Patrik Dergel

Actor

Jaroslava Pokorná

Actor

Petr Stach

Actor

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Director: Agnieszka Holland