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Confessions of a Burning Man Review

  • Release Date: Feb 27, 2003
  • Runtime: 1 hr. 23 min.
  • Genres: Culture & Society, Sociology
  • Director:Paul Barnett, Unsu Lee

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 2.0
    37

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally unfavorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 30

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    Too lazy and too loosely structured to accomplish much besides conveying some vivid physical impressions. There is no narrator, and the structure that exists is clouded by the new-age mumbo-jumbo of eight principal commentators.

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  • 30

    out of 100

    Variety Dennis Harvey

    This not particularly well shot/organized feature isn't very engaging on the human level, either.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    Less sentiment and more peculiarity would have limned a richer, though probably less audition-tape-worthy, reflection of Burning Man's 25,000-strong community of the absurd.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times

    The four individuals' narratives are not always that compelling and make for a film best experienced on a strictly sensory level. Let the images wash over you and enjoy.

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