The Burning Plain

Scott Tobias

Its more like watching a wounded animal finally get put out of its misery. ( Read More )

And once it does, the moment isnt sad or cathartic or redemptive. ( Read More )

Andrea Gronvall

Charlize Theron plays a bed hopping Oregon restaurateur who as a teen in New Mexico lost her mother (Kim Basinger) to a senseless tragedy in this lugubrious 2008 melodrama written and directed by Guillermo Arriaga. ( Read More )

But that simply means theres less to distract us from the old fashioned drama that lies behind The Burning Plains po mo jigsaw structure. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

That made it easier.And the human drama in each place had continuity and integrity; the story strands might even have been reassembled as self contained short films. ( Read More )