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Mississippi Burning (1988) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Mississippi Burning (1988) a score of 2.9494 out of 4

based on (16) reviews

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(2)

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eFilmcritic.com (Jack Sommersby)

The greatest its delights is Gene Hackman's magnificent, career-capping performance...read the complete Mississippi Burning (1988) review at eFilmcritic.com (Jack Sommersby)

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That Cow (B. Kiefer)

There was a time, long ago, when Billy Dafoe would take challenging roles and allow the audience to really slip into his character. I think this movie and Last Temptation of Christ are the two finest examples. Since then, he seems to only get the same...read the complete Mississippi Burning (1988) review at That Cow (B. Kiefer)

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Washington Post (Rita Kempley)

Parker, a director of breadth, not depth, never supplies the big answers, but he does powerfully depict the climate of the Confederacy in the "Freedom Summer" of 1964. "Mississippi Burning" offers an appalling litany of white supremacist atrocities in...read the complete Mississippi Burning (1988) review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)