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(1 - 15) of 15 OFCS Rating: 47% Rotten Page   1   1.5/5 "transitions so fluidly from an unremarkable multi-narrative to abhorrently over-sentimentalized trash"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin C- "Blonde-haired white women are omens of doom in screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga's arduous directorial debut."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 3/5 "All of these seemingly disparate stories are related, but Arriaga connects them more slowly than an alert viewer can on his or her own."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2.5/4 "...possesses the feel of a fairly standard drama..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C "It wearily limps along with its joyless obvious tale of loss, guilt and redemption."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "Arriaga's attempt with poignant reconnections at the end can't strike the emotional footnote it wants at the fade as he's muddled it up trying to get us to make all the obvious connections from the previous 100 minutes."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 1/4 "The film groans with shoddy ironies and overbearing serendipity."   Slant Magazine   Fernando F. Croce C "Intricacy of construction takes precedence over depth of meaning or characterization, and the work entailed in figuring things out isn't rewarded by any emotional insight."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A multi-narrative film that explores the challenges of coming to terms with the past and putting it behind us."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/5 "The pacing of the first half is tediously slow, and while this was probably a deliberate decision on Arriaga's part, it does have the effect of dragging the film ..."   Cinematical   Kim Voynar 3/4 "Arriaga's affinity for the humanistic ... propels The Burning Plain."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 4.5/5 "Fate breeds fatalism in a tale that Guillermo Arriaga masterfully writes and directs. It's realized so beautifully and viscerally that - I hate to say it - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu now seems a little obsolete."   Film Threat   Matthew Sorrento B+ "The film isn't entirely believable in some places, but I did admire the skill of the storytelling and the neat way all the pieces come together."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 7/10 "Suggestions of a potential smash keep the audience hoping this film will come together but in the end it is too much and too little."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 7/10 "Erotic and haunting, filled with fateful concepts and indelible imagery."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger  (1 - 15) of 15 OFCS Rating: 47% Rotten Page   1