Fresh
Parker pushes the picture along at a fervent clip, with the character scenes back-to-back with chases or violence.
Variety Staff, Variety
Mississippi Burning
1964. When America was at war with itself.
1988 · 2h 8m · R
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Alan Parker
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Mississippi Burning
Overview
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
Director and cast
- Alan Parker Director
- Gene Hackman as Agent Rupert Anderson
- Willem Dafoe as Agent Alan Ward
- Frances McDormand as Mrs. Pell
- Brad Dourif as Deputy Clinton Pell
- R. Lee Ermey as Mayor Tilman
- Gailard Sartain as Sheriff Ray Stuckey
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Clayton Townley
- Michael Rooker as Frank Bailey
- Pruitt Taylor Vince Cast
- Badja Djola Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
For once, Parker directs without depending on flashy visual tropes.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
"Mississippi Burning" speeds down the complicated, painful path of civil rights in search of a good thriller.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
"Mississippi Burning" surveys the geography of racism, sheds light on the dark night of the soul.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Fresh
"Mississippi Burning" feels like a movie made from the inside out, a movie that knows the ways and people of its small Southern city so intimately that, having seen it, I know the place I'd go for a cup of coffee and the place I'd steer clear from.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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