The Burnt Orange Heresy
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: March 6, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloMar 3, 2020
In short, this is fundamentally a movie of surface pleasures, placing gorgeous actors in an equally stunning location and letting them parry with sharp words and lithe, angular bodies. Read full review
83
The PlaylistLuke HicksSep 12, 2019
The Burnt Orange Heresy stunts as a thriller, but it’s most intriguing when it gives way to soulful questioning of the career of criticism, a profession subjective enough to dodge checks and balances and neglect the significance of honesty, if it so chooses. Read full review
80
Film ThreatAlan NgMar 6, 2020
The thriller aspect of the film acts as the payoff to audiences for having to sit through extended discussions. While it’s not the most clever or brilliant thriller, it’s exciting nonetheless and will have you on the edge of your seat to the end. Read full review
75
Original-CinThom ErnstAug 13, 2020
The Burnt Orange Heresy is more mysterious than mystery. Still, there are reveals best kept secret until the moment when they are intended to be dropped. Capotondi’s film requires patience, which may be problematic for those who don’t find discussions about art, truth, and the symbolic use of flies scintillating. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 6, 2020
This is no piece of pretentious fluff. It’s a grim and nasty but wickedly entertaining bit of business, seasoned with sharp little plot turns before an admittedly ludicrous but dramatically satisfying twist-on-top-of-a-twist ending. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 3, 2020
The film allows that we are complicit in privilege for our fascination and envy. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijSep 9, 2019
The screenplay and the actors ooze charm as well as intelligence early on but the second half is more like a sleek thriller, something that's efficient but less jocular and surprising. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 10, 2020
With an abrupt and unwelcome shift in tone and a surprisingly ordinary resolution, The Burnt Orange Heresy falls short of its Hitchcockian aspirations. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrAug 5, 2020
When a cast is assembled that is as elegantly depraved as the one in The Burnt Orange Heresy, attention must be paid. And this art-world thriller has enough burnished surfaces, glamorous locations, and dark doings to keep an audience rapt for much of the running time. Yet somehow you may end the movie feeling less full than when you began. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 3, 2020
This is a storyteller’s movie, one where we can’t really trust any story to be true. That’s something of a cheat, because we are set up to believe there are bigger deceptions going on and hidden agendas that simply don’t pan out or are left hanging. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzAug 3, 2020
The international cast manage to acquit themselves fine enough, with Jagger in particular having a ball as an energetic rapscallion. Read full review
63
Washington PostPat PaduaMar 9, 2020
A mostly smart and sexy crime drama, even if it loses steam by the time the ridiculous ending rolls around. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comWhitney SpencerMar 6, 2020
Clumsy in its second act with its humdrum dialogue wedged between an alluring first act and a hasty third act. With such a ripe opportunity to explore the contentious relationship between our ability to fabricate both art and love, the film is a seductive noir that, as a whole, comes up empty. Read full review
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