Burning Bush

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Burning Bush

2014

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23 Reviews

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250+ Ratings

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

02/25/2019

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.

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

07/24/2014

3.5/4

Enthralling ...

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Scout Tafoya

RogerEbert.com

06/13/2014

4/4

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.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

08/30/2019

4/5

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

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Blake Williams

Cinema Scope

11/18/2017

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

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Francine Prose

The New York Review of Books

03/29/2017

Brilliant, ambitious, and moving.

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Tim G

12/04/2022

Captivating, what a slice of history.

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10/12/2015

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.

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06/02/2014

The best czech mini-series I have ever seen.

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04/05/2014

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!

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10/08/2013

povinnej film p?ed volbama!

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Agnieszka Holland

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Igor Bares

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Patrik Dergel

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Jaroslava Pokorná

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Petr Stach

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Director: Agnieszka Holland