Review of The Burning Plain (2008) by Eric B — 16 Jun 2010
Slightly confusing at first because the movie jumps from locale to locale and from present to past and back again. Plus I was all like, what's with all the sex . . . is everybody screwing everybody in this damn movie? After I figured out what was going on with the flashbacks and flash-forwards, I realized it was really only a few people doing all the screwing .
. . but they sure do a lot of it. Once that clicked, the movie came into focus as a story about a messed up woman, a role Charlize Theron plays often. She's also a woman with a deep dark secret, which you see coming maybe not a mile but certainly several hundred yards away, and frankly, it's kinda hard to have much sympathy for her after that.
It isn't that great a story, but it's interestingly told.
This review of The Burning Plain (2008) was written by Eric B on 16 Jun 2010.
The Burning Plain has generally received positive reviews.
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