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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA knockout documentary with a renegade personality ideally suited to its anarchic subject matter.
- 70The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensAn appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity.
- 70New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonNew Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonThe film feels like a violation of the festival's philosophy of "participants only, no spectators": Who, after all, is going to sit in a theater to see this but a spectator? It is fun stuff to look at, though.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghCynics may scoff, but the spirit of Woodstock -- not the 1999 debacle, but the 1969 original -- lives.
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatIt would be nearly impossible to make a totally bad documentary about the festival, but I have yet to see the perfect documentary depiction of Burning Man.
- 60L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent, like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors.
- 10Village VoiceVillage VoiceAs predictable as a segment of "MTV Spring Break," which at least doesn't try to hide its voyeurism, Burning looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights.