Rotten
In attempting to make its politics palatable as entertainment, the film has grafted them onto a boatload of Hollywood implausibilities whose excesses cripple believability.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Overview
Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s. Bowman initially left San Francisco with her sister in an attempt to escape painful memories of her husband and son's violent deaths. But her fight to escape to Thailand could prove just as harrowing.
Director and cast
- John Boorman Director
- Patricia Arquette as Laura Bowman
- U Aung Ko as U Aung Ko
- Frances McDormand as Andy Bowman
- Spalding Gray as Jeremy Watt
- Tiara Jacquelina as San San, Hotel Desk Clerk
- Ann Howard as Australian Doctor
- Victor Slezak as Mr. Scott
- Ye Myint as Zaw Win
- Cho Cho Myint as Zabai
- Michael Pickells as Nick Bowman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
35%
Tomatometer
Rotten
As an exercise in art, or even polemics, Beyond Rangoon is beyond redemption, but still works its occasional magic with extraordinary flair.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Yet one more film -- that defines Third World political unrest through its effect on a white liberal.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Boorman's metaphysical musings might work if he integrated them more fully into his film, instead of making them secondary to action sequences.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
A rare film, one that is intelligent, emotional and exciting.
Caryn James, New York Times
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