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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 CriticNo review available.
03/04/03
Manages to approach significant social issues, but falters in its melodrama.
12/24/02
No review available.
12/26/04
So simple, so broad are White Man's Burden's paint strokes ... that no real lesson outside of the obviously mundane can be elicited, and that's a real shame.
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
No one looking for an action movie is going to choose this one. Equally obviously, no one interested in a film about racial stereotyping in America wants to sit through chase scenes.
01/01/00
Top CriticA 'what-if' racial story that doesn't pack a punch.
01/01/00
Una 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
A frustrating film with interesting ideas that never quite come together.
01/01/00
A wierd and ungainly mixture of obvious racial issues and pseudo-action material.
04/03/05
No review available.
06/19/05
No review available.
03/19/04
No review available.
10/09/05
A tightly constructed drama.
01/01/00
No review available.
07/26/02
You can see the ideas behind White Man's Burden -- they just don't make it to the screen.
01/01/00
No review available.
09/10/04
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