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03/26/09
White Man's Burden (1995)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:8
Rotten:23
Average Rating:4.5/10
Synopsis: In this acclaimed story of role reversal, John Travolta plays a blue collar man from the white minority who fights against the odds and the system when he loses his job, taking on the owner of his... [More]
Starring: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Tom Bower
Director: Desmond Nakano
Reviews for White Man's Burden
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06/24/06
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10/09/05
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06/19/05
A wierd and ungainly mixture of obvious racial issues and pseudo-action material.
04/03/05
No review available.
12/26/04
No review available.
09/10/04
Doesn't go too far beyond the basic set-up.
08/07/04
No review available.
08/04/04
No review available.
03/19/04
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06/25/03
Top Critic
Were it not for John Travolta's big-hearted portrayal of an unemployed white factory worker driven to commit a desperate act, the movie would be an emotionally frozen exercise in cautious high-mindedness.
05/20/03
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04/07/03
No review available.
03/04/03
Manages to approach significant social issues, but falters in its melodrama.
12/24/02
No review available.
07/26/02
A look at color relations that's likely to be more compelling for nonurban audiences than the latest take on drug dealing and gang banging in the 'hood.
06/05/02
Una sociedad en la que existe una raza dominante y una raza oprimida, casi como ahora, con la ligera diferencia de que ahora el racismo es al revés.
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