Video: Andrew Heckler’s Burden | 2018 Sundance Film Festival

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A long time in the making and perhaps the longest gestating film from the entire line-up all sections combined, starring Garrett Hedlund, Forest Whitaker and Andrea Riseborough, Andrew Heckler‘s Burden certainly wears its heart and the good versus sinister elements on its sleeve. The film means well and is a sincere handling of the fact based material, but while the audience ate this up, I couldn’t help feel that the cast of stereotypes were insufferably distracting with the only positive flash being Andrea Riseborough’s twang. The more heartfelt elements can be felt here in an emotional and thankful Andrew Heckler who presented the world premiere with cast and crew.

 

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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