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Mississippi Burning
1988
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3.2
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5.0
The mayor, a slick country club type, who lectures against rabble rousing outsiders.
Rogerebert
4.5
Parker pushes the picture along at a fervent clip, with the character scenes back to back with chases or violence.
Variety
1.5
For once, Parker directs without depending on flashy visual tropes.
Time Out
4.5
Mississippi Burning surveys the geography of racism, sheds light on the dark night of the soul.
1.5
Mississippi Burning speeds down the complicated, painful path of civil rights in search of a good thriller.
1.5
Starts out as a vivid portrait of the Civil Rights era and ends up a cop drama in which vengeful anger is used against racist killers.
Spirituality And Practice
0.0
Although its shot on location in Mississippi and Alabama, Mississippi Burning doesnt try for even a fraction of the same authenticity; an undistorted ..
Chicago Reader
3.2
Slick, well acted thriller that nonetheless distorts the facts and looks at the civil rights movement from a strictly white perspective
Emanuellevy
4.5
Its memorable for its leads remarkable performances, and its worth revisiting because it shines a light on a period of American history that has begun ..
Flickering Myth
3.8
This is a powerful drama that reminds us all how ugly racism can be.
Ross Anthony
4.5
Controlled but exciting, visually arresting, charged with powerful images.
Archive Spectator
4.5
Parker has loudly claimed the right to fictionalise his subject matter, but he must not then use these fictions as evidence with which to hector us on ..
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