
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his former Sheriff partner.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his former Sheriff partner.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertApart from its pure entertainment value - this is the best American crime movie in years - it is an important statement about a time and a condition that should not be forgotten. The Academy loves to honor prestigious movies in which long-ago crimes are rectified in far-away places. Here is a nominee with the ink still wet on its pages. |
| Washington PostDesson Thomson"Mississippi Burning" speeds down the complicated, painful path of civil rights in search of a good thriller. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyParker, 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. |
| The New York TimesWayne KingFor those who know such places, Mr. Parker, who is English, evokes the texture, the gritty, fly-specked Southernness, the brooding sense of small-town menace, the racial hatred, with considerable accuracy. |
| EmpireBarry McllhenneyWith remarkable performances, aggressive direction and a cracking pace, this is superb cinema, even if the historical accuracy leaves much to be desired. |
| The SpectatorHilary MantelControlled but exciting, visually arresting, charged with powerful images. |
| Hollywood Report CardRoss AnthonyWell-acted, compelling, good script. Good message. |
| Common Sense MediaAndrea BeachViolence, profanity, lots of tension in Jim Crow crime drama |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevySlick, well-acted thriller that nonetheless distorts the facts and looks at the civil rights movement from a strictly white perspective |
| San Francisco ChronicleJudy StoneMississippi Burning is visually splendid. Director Parker and his crew have created a film that is unquestionably watchable. As a history lesson, however, it's laughable. |