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  • 2016
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2016
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary After being exiled from Afghanistan, a former war journalist (Dominic Rains) who worked as a fixer in his home country settles in a small town in Northern California and takes a job with a local newspaper. But when he attempts to cover local crime, he stumbles into local corruption that puts himself and others in danger.

Directed By: Ian Olds

Written By: Ian Olds, Paul Felten

  • 2016
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2016
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 42 m

Burn Country

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
60
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Summary After being exiled from Afghanistan, a former war journalist (Dominic Rains) who worked as a fixer in his home country settles in a small town in Northern California and takes a job with a local newspaper. But when he attempts to cover local crime, he stumbles into local corruption that puts himself and others in danger.

Directed By: Ian Olds

Written By: Ian Olds, Paul Felten

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
60
67% Positive
6 Reviews
22% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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22% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Dec 4, 2016
A well-acted, slow burning indie, The Fixer uses thriller mechanisms to examine insular, tribal cultures through the eyes of an outsider.
By Lauren Humphries-Brooks FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 7, 2016
The performances are first rate, particularly Rains’ work in the lead role.
By Soren Andersen FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 4, 2016
While Olds and Paul Felten’s screenplay requires some significant credulity leaps, The Fixer is flavorsome, engaging and unpredictable enough that one can give those gaps a pass, at least to an extent.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 4, 2016
Rains, who was given an acting award by the Tribeca jury, brings such a sense of purpose to the part that the movie never goes slack.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
67
Dec 7, 2016
The result is more of an interesting thesis than a compelling drama, but it’s anchored by Rains’ sturdy performance as a man whose open-minded curiosity about his new home disengages his natural wariness, for both better and worse.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 8, 2016
The movie — at first scrappy and strange but an increasingly tough sit as it goes — never fixes its gaze on any singularly compelling idea.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
38
Dec 4, 2016
For a film that warns against believing in a mirage, Burn Country seems all too comfortable perpetuating one.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company ACE Productions, Green Street Films, Abel Aflam, Amphora Pictures, Gigi Films, Gigi Productions, HEART-headed Productions, Night and Day Pictures, RAA Ventures, RabbitBandini Productions, Relic Pictures
Release Date Dec 9, 2016
Duration 1 h 42 m
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Website http://www.fixerthefilm.com/
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Awards

Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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