Burden (2018)

"Burden is a good story, but told from the wrong perspective."

"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."

"A compelling true story about the redemption of a Klansman (a very fine Garrett Hedlund) is well-intentioned but dramatically wobbly and simplistic."

"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."

"Though the themes of "Burden" feel uncomfortably current, their execution is leaden and dismayingly artless."

"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 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."