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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanWe can debate if Burn Your Maps merely fetishises a different culture or holds it in true reverence, but I’d like to give it the benefit of the doubt. If nothing else, the performances are terrific all around.
- 75The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakDon’t think this story is one steeped in heavy drama from start to finish without room to breathe. Roberts’ script — written from an original idea by Robyn Joy Leff — is also very funny.
- 63RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyRogerEbert.comTomris LafflyLikable yet tonally untidy.
- 50The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeFor all of the film’s attention to the contradictory emotional aftermath of loss, its Mongolian escape valve feels strangely obligatory — not a reason to get away from mourning, but a gimmick around which a film about bereavement was built.
- 50Los Angeles TimesGeoff BerkshireLos Angeles TimesGeoff BerkshireIt's all very strange and more than a bit silly, but somehow — even as characters travel halfway around the world — the plot never journeys anywhere that surprising.
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartTremblay is charming as an eccentric kid marching to his own tune, but the film’s attention wanders like a goat separated from its herd.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckUnfortunately, despite some fine performances and enjoyable moments, the film never manages to make its quirkiness engaging.
- 30VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanBurn Your Maps is one of those movies that’s glib and facile and threadbare all the way through, then the ending sort of gets to you (you’d have to be made of pretty stern stuff if it didn’t), so you think back over what you’ve seen — and it’s still a crock.