Burden

An epic, often funny testament to creative fearlessness.

A portrait of the artist emerges that’s complex, somewhat mysterious, but ultimately quite winning.

If Burden has any fault, it’s that it is overly straight, but perhaps for a subject with which it is so difficult to relate, that is necessary.

Whether as a constructor of large-scale enchantments or a notorious conceptualist, he emerges in this portrait as sincerely searching.

The film dispenses with sensationalism, engaging with Chris Burden's most notorious work on its own terms.

[An] engaging if straightforward doc.

[A] densely packed but occasionally facile documentary.