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Burden
Directed by
Andrew Heckler
R
2018
2h 9m
Drama
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Biography
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6.7
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When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy strives to keep the peace even as he urges the group's Grand Dragon to disavow his racist past.
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Cast of Burden
Garrett Hedlund
Mike Burden
Andrea Riseborough
Judy
Forest Whitaker
Reverend Kennedy
Tom Wilkinson
Tom Griffin
Usher
Clarence Brooks
Tess Harper
Hazel
Anna Colwell
Molly
Austin Hébert
Clint
Dexter Darden
Kelvin Kennedy
Taylor Gregory
Franklin
Lindsey Moser
Mavis
Roman Spink
Dex
Tian Richards
Grant
Andrew Heckler
Director / Writer
Bill Kenwright
Producer
Robbie Brenner
Producer
Burden Ratings & Reviews
Pajiba
Roxana Hadadi
What is Burden teaching us or telling us about race in America that we don't already know from decades of history or decades of cinema?
We Are Movie Geeks
Cate Marquis
The true story is inspiring but it is the powerful acting that makes the film so affecting.
Film Inquiry
Emily Wheeler
Hampered by a story you've heard a million times and an uneven approach, Burden never justifies why we're revisiting such familiar material.
A Reel of One's Own
Andrea Thompson
Such a predictable story and environment doesn't exactly lend itself to depth. It can even ironically end of reassuring those who most need to reflect on their role in where we've found ourselves today.
KDHX (St. Louis)
Martha K. Baker
The actor to applaud in "Burden" is Garrett Hedlund, also seen in "Tron" and "Mudbound."
Arizona Republic
Elizabeth Montgomery
"Burden" does a great job of giving the viewer a look at the lives of those in the KKK beyond their hatred, but it misses the mark on making an impact on the viewer.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"Burden" is a film of integrity, with something even better than a social conscience. It has a social purpose. If you see it, you'll learn something.
Associated Press
Mark Kennedy
Writer and director Andrew Heckler has managed to make a powerful film, if not a very subtle one.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Angie Han
[Garrett Hedlund's] performance is 70 percent just him swaying back and forth. I never found him to be at all convincing.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Claudia Puig
I think it has a great cast and there are some good performances, but I thought at times the direction wasn't great and it veered into that white savior territory.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Tim Cogshell
We're going to make an entire movie about the redemption of one guy in the Klan? I just don't think that's where the effort should go even if it should turn out as a fairly decent effort in the filmmaking itself.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
The sense that a lot of these characters have been reduced to their narrative purpose destroys the world that Burden needed to create to work.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A compelling true story about the redemption of a Klansman (a very fine Garrett Hedlund) is well-intentioned but dramatically wobbly and simplistic.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Siding with the angels can seem like a snap in films, but "Burden" has the grace to show how difficult and wrenching a choice that can be.
AV Club
Katie Rife
But that's the extent of the thoughtfulness in this overly simplistic piece of Southern poverty porn, which asks questions it's not really prepared to answer and proceeds from a set of dubious assumptions that undermine whatever nuance it does possess.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Though the themes of "Burden" feel uncomfortably current, their execution is leaden and dismayingly artless.
IndieWire
Kate Erbland
Production design from Stephanie Hamilton is another highlight, and the film feels pulled directly out of a very specific time and place; Jeremy Rouse's cinematography is gorgeous without being at all showy.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
Its narrative focus leans the movie toward having more of a white-savior complex, even though that does make Garrett Hedlund's portrayal of Burden a very complicated type of hero.
Variety
Amy Nicholson
Hedlund leans so heavily on Mike's bobbing physicality that the audience nearly gets seasick. Still, it's an unselfish performance from a strong young actor who's been devoting his career to tough parts that don't ask for applause.
The Hollywood Reporter
Todd McCarthy
The writer-director's inexperience behind the camera is all too evident, as the painful but ultimately cathartic tale bumps along for more than two hours without ever finding an aesthetic form.
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