SummaryBurke & Hare is adark comedy/thriller staring Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Curry and Isla Fisher as the unfortunate denizens of 19th century Edinburgh, a setting rife with murder, theft, prostitution, corpse snatching, experimental medicine, and of course Shakespeare. (IFC Films)
Directed By:John Landis
Written By:Piers Ashworth, Nick Moorcroft
Burke and Hare
Metascore
Mixed or Average
46
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5.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
20% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
30% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Sep 7, 2011
75
The new Burke & Hare offers many pleasures, chief among them the return of the Landis of old.
Sep 9, 2011
50
All of the actors are enjoying themselves, and the movie is stuffed with history, atmosphere and vivid characters. What's in short supply, though, is laughter.
User score
Mixed or Average
26% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
57% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
17% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Jun 1, 2012
7
I quite liked the casting so that was enough to make me want to watch it, I was quite satisfied with the movie, had some good acting, decent reworking of the story and grisley too...
Aug 29, 2011
50
The film struggles to match the original Ealing's quality benchmark, and its unapologetically old-fashioned sensibility may have trouble connecting with contempo audiences.
Sep 6, 2011
40
The film doesn't come within spitting distance of vintage Landis, e.g., "Animal House" or "An American Werewolf in London." But at least it's not "The Stupids."
Aug 29, 2011
40
A so-called black comedy that is more sort of dull, spotty and yucky.
Sep 6, 2011
30
By swinging between broad laughs and cheap pathos - Pegg's specialties as an actor, apparently - while avoiding the more fertile ground between, Landis renders his Burke and Hare sociopolitically toothless and bizarrely insensitive.
Oct 14, 2017
3
I think this might possibly be the only movie in Simon Pegg's gigantic filmography that I haven't liked - very little redeeming features in this film, unfortunately.
Production Company:
- Ealing Studios
- Fragile Films
- Aegis Film Fund
- Hindsight Media
- Quickfire Films
Release Date:Sep 9, 2011
Duration:1 h 31 m
Rating:R
Tagline:No Job Too Small. No Body Too Big. No Questions Asked.
Awards
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
• 1 Nomination
