The Burial

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The Burial

R,

2023,

2h 6m,

Drama

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92%

122 Reviews

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82%

500+ Ratings

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122 Reviews

82%

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500+ Ratings

Inspired by true events, when a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe (Academy Award® winner Tommy Lee Jones) enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary (Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx) to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice in this inspirational, triumphant story.

Critics Consensus

A solid courtroom drama led by a pair of nicely contrasted performances, The Burial hits the expected genre beats -- and remains a crowd-pleasing treat at every turn.

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Audience Says

An inspirational underdog drama based on a true story, The Burial is well-acted and consistently entertaining, if somewhat predictable.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

Nov 1, 2023

Jamie Foxx is enormously charismatic and so commanding.

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Dwight Brown

DwightBrownInk.com

Oct 19, 2023

3/4

Foxx is almost giddy as the gospel spirited, gaudy-dressing, cliché-spewing attorney who is out of his league but fighting to the final verdict. Frankly this is the actor’s best performance since Ray.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Oct 18, 2023

2.5/4

A crowd pleaser that feels old school. Make no mistake though, without Foxx's grand and grandiose performance, this cinematic case would be easily dismissed.

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

Jul 23, 2025

“The Burial” is at its best when it elevates the natural charms of the star at its center and plays with those timeless, reliable legal movie tropes we know and love.

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Fletcher Powell

KMUW - Wichita Public Radio

Feb 8, 2024

The Burial is far more successful as courtroom entertainment than as an investigation of corporate malfeasance... But it is good entertainment, and it’s exactly the sort of thing many of us wish Hollywood would make a dozen more of every year.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jan 9, 2024

3/4

...a fairly generic yet mostly entertaining legal drama...

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Maggie Betts

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Inspired by true events, when a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe (Academy Award® winner Tommy Lee Jones) enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary (Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx) to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice in this inspirational, triumphant story.

Director: Maggie Betts
Producer: Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler, Datari Turner, Jenette Kahn, Adam Richman, Robert Shriver, Jamie Foxx
Screenwriter: Maggie Betts, Doug Wright
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Production Co: Double Nickel Entertainment, Bobby Shriver
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 13, 2023
Runtime: 2h 6m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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