Burden | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

This may feel a bit corny, but it's also timely. And the solid actors add depth to its message of love conquering hate.

The cast are all strong, but the film feels a little unsure of its place, wobbling between the retelling of history and a cinematic drama.

Burden sometimes gets hokey, but the good intentions outweigh the sometimes overly sentimental direction. The movie doesn't sugarcoat that turning around a violent bigot's life can be complicated, messy, and dangerous.

Burden feels like a prime example of misguided energy, where the focus is placed on a white man learning to repent for a lifetime of evil, rather than praising a Black man who shows kindness.

Like Green Book, The Blind Side, The Soloist and so on, Burden fits too snugly into the white-saviour mode of storytelling. Which is a shame, because everyone involved here is doing their best in trying to craft layered characters with compelling agendas.