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Tommy Lee Jones stars in and directs this dark comedy set on the Texas-Mexico border. After accidentally killing a man, heartless border patrol officer Mike (Barry Pepper) quickly buries the body in a...( read more 
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MCT:October 29, 2008An excellent film about redemption, revenge and friendship. Jones gives a powerful and understated performance and is well supported, especially by the two female leads. The direction and writing are taught with barely a wasted word or shot. Whilst there are few real surprises there is some wonderful ambiguity that gives the viewer the chance to think for themselves. Each of the characters is flawed in their own way, but through their interactions with each other they provide something the other needs - redemption, friendship, someone who believes in them, a purpose. Let's hope Jones has a few more ideas in his bag and this is the start of something good from him.
Barry Pepper also gives a very surprising performance. I love him in 'Private Ryan' and I can say the same thing here. He is Hollywood's one of the most underrated actors. -
MCT:June 25, 2008
I liked it it was pretty good
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MCT:May 8, 2008''Promise me one thing, Pete. If I die over here, carry me back to my family and bury me in my home town. I don't want to be buried on this side among all the fucking billboards.''
Ranch hand Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico which means tracking down his killer but all is not what it seems...
Tommy Lee Jones: Pete Perkins
Barry Pepper: Mike Norton
In the World there are many stories to be told. Through books, through films and through media. Three Burials is a great mulit layered story and is without a wavering doubt among of them.
Loyalty, companionship without limits, a longing for old lifestyles and the redemption of a total asshole in the form of Barry Peppers Norton.
This film does a good job of showing the real way people who embrace the old ways still live in the modern world under there own laws. Horses, spurs and Leather boots coincide with pickups and mobiles.
The wife Lu Ann says that Mike Norton is beyond redemption. He is completely self absorbed and unaware of others. Even sex with his wife is wooden and lifeless.
The music is pure indulgence and helped with the luscious visuals and landscapes. The journey is what's important here and Tommy Lee as a Director and Actor proves he's up there with the very best painting his own Klimt or Picasso, Buriels shows he's not just an actor but like Clint Eastwood a man who knows film, who knows what needs to be done directorial wise.
This felt like a modern Western not your Wild West one but one similar to No Country in depth and story. Listening to the Country music which i must listen to again really did stick within me.
Two men who take a Journey one for redemption unaware of it at first, the other on the surface revenge, then later if you look deeper for honour and a loved friend.
If you love a Story that's heartfelt and warm, that will lift your spirits when your sad, then Burials must be seen. -
MCT:February 1, 2008
Tommy Lee Jones gives a strong and demanding performance. He also directs a total triumph. Barry Pepper gives a teriffic performance. A great piece of filmmaking. A powerful, brooding and skillfully made to date western picture. Beautiful scenery and cimatography and engaging story. This one is a direct hit in the heart. Breathtaking, gripping, compelling and tastefully bittersweet. The best, darkest, original and most astonishing western since Unforgiven. This movie is extroadinary in it's depth and scope. A rare story of redemption, revenge, friendship and loyalty.
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MCT:August 12, 2007
There are moments of greatness in this. Tommy Lee Jones drawls his English almost to incoherence in rural Texas when a violent US border patrol man is forced to confront the consequences of his actions after shooting a Mexican immigrant. I say moments of greatness, because it's a little inconsistent. Part of the problem has to do with how the members of the town unfold throughout the story and part concerns the totally unbelievable events surrounding the body. These details tend to taint the central story a little. Still, it's worth watching just for the journey through Mexico.
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WrellikWposted 142 days ago -
Unpredictable. Original. Unforgettable. Tommy Lee Jones is a great man in movies this time he develope a well told story in the most entertain way. I enjoy this movie a lot.
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