Review of Burning Man (2011) by Kristi M — 24 Aug 2013

It comes full circle to explain the beginning at the end as a closure...kind of reminds me of those country songs who use the same song lyrics at the beginning and the end so you know the song is over.

I happen to find that irritating. The way that the movie jumped around in a non linear way did keep my attention if for no other reason other to explain some of the bizarre things that Tom does- like going into a catatonic state every time he sees a lobster.

Gotta hang around to figure that one out. Considering the emotional subject of this movie I should not have cared more about finding out what was up with the lobster than about what happened to the people in the story.

After I watched it I was left wondering what the title meant and did a quick search for what a Burning Man is and found that it actually is a very fitting title. I wanted to like it more but just couldn't.

If it was more linear then I feel like I probably would have been able to connect with the characters and care about them more.