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\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n As funeral home owner Jeremiah (Jerry) O\u2019Keefe (Jones) celebrates his 75th<\/sup> birthday with friends and family, he reflects on what he has built and the hopes of leaving something for his children.\u00a0 But, as he soon finds out, some things aren\u2019t as simple as black and white.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Based on real events, \u201cThe Burial\u201d tells the familiar story of David vs Goliath combined with corporate greed and corruption, all told with a shade of racial injustice.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When financial matters go from bad to worse in his company, Jerry is approached by Ray Loewen (Bill Camp), a businessman who is slowly gaining a monopoly on funeral homes by buying up many of the mom-and-pop parlors in smaller towns.\u00a0 Things seem to be on the up and up, but when Jerry doesn\u2019t get paid he is told that, while a deal was in place, no contract was in place.\u00a0 Jerry realizes that, facing the financial issues he\u2019s dealing with, Loewen can wait him out and then get what he wants for a song.\u00a0 With the help of his long time attorney (Alan Ruck), Jerry seeks out the help of the flamboyant \u2013 and very successful \u2013 Willie Gary (Foxx), a personal injury lawyer whose courtroom manner is a little, well, unorthodox.\u00a0 As the trial proceeds, and the arguments become more personal, we are reminded again that things are never as simple as black and white.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Buoyed by stellar work from Foxx and Jones (both former Oscar winners), the film is full of strong performances.\u00a0 Ruck, who thirty-seven years ago played Cameron in \u201cFerris Bueller\u2019s Day Off,\u201d is strong as Jerry\u2019s long time friend and attorney who must put aside his ego as Gary and his team begin to take over the case.\u00a0 Camp is the perfect villain while Amanda Warren excels as Willie\u2019s loving wife, Gloria, \u00a0Also strong is Ms. Smollett, who is the leader of Loewen\u2019s defense team.\u00a0 She is a no-nonsense attorney who isn\u2019t above bringing racial issues before a small, southern jury.\u00a0 Questions are asked and answers given, helping fuel each side\u2019s narrative of the case.\u00a0 Nothing, from the on-going O.J. Simpson trial to family heritage, is off-limits, with both sides feeding on public perception.\u00a0 I would be remiss if I didn\u2019t point out that it was nearly five years ago that Ms. Smollett\u2019s brother, Jussie, staged an attack on himself, which fueled racial fires for months afterwards. Again, nothing is as simple as black and white.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n On a scale of zero to five, I give \u201cThe Burial\u201d 4 stars.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The post Film Review: “The Burial”<\/a> appeared first on MediaMikes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Buoyed by strong performances by Foxx and Jones (both former Oscar winners), the film is full of strong performances.\u00a0<\/p>\n The post Film Review: \u201cThe Burial\u201d<\/a> appeared first on 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