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Burn Country

  • 20162016
  • 1h 42m
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4.8/10
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Dominic Rains in Burn Country (2016)
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A former Afghan journalist seeking asylum discovers the dark underbelly of his new small-town home in Northern California.A former Afghan journalist seeking asylum discovers the dark underbelly of his new small-town home in Northern California.A former Afghan journalist seeking asylum discovers the dark underbelly of his new small-town home in Northern California.
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    • Ian Olds
    • Ian Olds(screenplay)
    • Paul Felten(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dominic Rains
    • Melissa Leo
    • James Franco
    • Ian Olds
    • Ian Olds(screenplay)
    • Paul Felten(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dominic Rains
    • Melissa Leo
    • James Franco
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    • 12User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
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    James Franco
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    • Lindsay
    Rachel Brosnahan
    Rachel Brosnahan
    • Sandra
    Thomas Jay Ryan
    Thomas Jay Ryan
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    Tim Kniffin
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    Michelle Maxson
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    Ari Vozaitis
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    6/10
    It's a fascinating story, and I like how it was done
    A little confusing trying to see this movie as two titles were used. the movie opening title is Burn Country, but some theaters referred to it as the Fixer. Must have been an old title

    Under either title , it is a wild and fascinating film, about Osman who is a fixer. Back in Afghanistan he was a journalist who specialized in being Foreign journalist connection to the people, but he was exiled and with the help of a friend, ended up in a small town in Northern California that doesn't meet his expectations of America, but he tries to make the best of it by doing his best in a crappy job at the local newspaper as a police blogger (basically making police reports sound interesting to the public).

    He's a foreign man on American soil, but in a place and culture that not a lot of American's see on the daily.

    Burn Country starts out with a simple narrative of Osman trying to make good by doing what he does best, journalism, and he decides to take the only job he can get as a journalist and take it far too seriously.

    Melissa Leo, an amazing Thespian who changes her look like she was Daniel Day Lewis to do the part, plays Osman's sponsor in the states, a police sheriff who is the mother of a fellow journalist still over in Afghanistan. She has a very motherly relationship, somewhat trading in one son for another.

    James Franco was actually very impressive. I've seen him do small movies like this in which he just does a cameo to sell movie tickets I guess, but he does have a critical role in this beyond that. Nothing fancy, he's not doing anything that you have not seen him do in a Seth Rogen film, but you see this method really works as a supporting actor for Dominic Rains' leading man.

    A very good leading man too. Very likable and charismatic. He gets you into the character's story, which is good cause it's basically just watching this guy adjust to a culture not his own.

    And Burn Country picked the best setting. It was different enough to me that I was a bit of a fish out of water trying to understand how these people live.

    Burn Country starts out as a very clear narrative and then gets a little sir real as Osman experiences the culture clash. Very good.
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      • December 9, 2016 (United States)
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      • Bodega Bay, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • ACE Productions
      • Green Street Films
      • Abel Aflam
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes
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