Confessions of a Burning Man
Windline Films | Release Date: February 27, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Burnett and Lee's graceful, sympathetic documentary focuses on participants who embody Burning Man's ideals without being blind to the opportunists and party animals it inevitably attracts. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Essentially a home movie, nicely shot but dull. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
The four individuals' narratives are not always that compelling and make for a film best experienced on a strictly sensory level. Let the images wash over you and enjoy. Read full review
40
Village VoiceRichard Gehr
Less sentiment and more peculiarity would have limned a richer, though probably less audition-tape-worthy, reflection of Burning Man's 25,000-strong community of the absurd. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyJudith Lewis
The film reduces a complex social environment to a trifling spectacle of fakery, peopled by faux-hemians who offer up trivial confessions as if they're earth-shattering. Read full review
38
New York PostMegan Lehmann
Falls far short of capturing the hedonistic spirit of this ephemeral art community. It's more like a routine home video with arty pretensions. Read full review
30
VarietyDennis Harvey
This not particularly well shot/organized feature isn't very engaging on the human level, either. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Too lazy and too loosely structured to accomplish much besides conveying some vivid physical impressions. There is no narrator, and the structure that exists is clouded by the new-age mumbo-jumbo of eight principal commentators. Read full review
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