Beyond Rangoon
Truth has a witness
Truth has a witness
Drama, History, Thriller
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1995
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Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s. Bowman initially left San Francisco with her sister in an attempt to escape painful memories of her husband and son's violent deaths. But her fight to escape to Thailand could prove just as harrowing.
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Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
25 Aug 1995
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$23,000,000
Revenue:
$14,700,000
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
In attempting to make its politics palatable as entertainment, the film has grafted them onto a boatload of Hollywood implausibilities whose excesses cripple believability.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Aug 2002
rotten:
As an exercise in art, or even polemics, Beyond Rangoon is beyond redemption, but still works its occasional magic with extraordinary flair.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
12 Apr 2002
rotten:
Yet one more film -- that defines Third World political unrest through its effect on a white liberal.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
Boorman's metaphysical musings might work if he integrated them more fully into his film, instead of making them secondary to action sequences.
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
A rare film, one that is intelligent, emotional and exciting.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000