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06/24/06
White Man's Burden (1995)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:8
Rotten:23
Average Rating:4.5/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In this acclaimed story of role reversal, John Travolta plays a blue collar man from the white minority who fights against the odds and the system when he loses his job, taking on the owner of his... [More]
Starring: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Tom Bower
Director: Desmond Nakano
Reviews for White Man's Burden
Top CriticUna sociedad en la que existe una raza dominante y una raza oprimida, casi como ahora, con la ligera diferencia de que ahora el racismo es al revés.
08/31/01
The flaws in this film are many. The dialogue verges on silly when parodying cliches that white people use to denigrate blacks. And most of the acting is just inadequate.
01/01/00
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09/10/04
A frustrating film with interesting ideas that never quite come together.
01/01/00
A tightly constructed drama.
01/01/00
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10/09/05
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01/01/00
No review available.
07/26/02
It's undeniably fascinating to watch this hypothetical experiment for a while. But White Man's Burden starts to feel like an only-passable Twilight Zone episode stretched into a full-length movie.
01/01/00
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04/07/03
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06/19/05
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06/25/03
Top CriticNo review available.
03/19/04
There isn't much of a story in White Man's Burden.
01/01/00
Surprisingly lively and entertaining.
01/01/00
A look at color relations that's likely to be more compelling for nonurban audiences than the latest take on drug dealing and gang banging in the 'hood.
06/05/02
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