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Both Costner and Harrelson do a nice job in the film, portraying the intensity of the hunt and the toll it and their pasts have taken on them. Kathy Bates does a great job, as usual.

It was a good choice to keep Bonnie and Clyde as very shadowing images and filmed from a distance. It enhanced the menace and stressed the evil that was the reality, rather than the romantic characters of past movies.

Costumes and sets were first rate. This movie was quite notable for the direction and cinematography. Scene after scene impressed with brilliantly designed shots and lighting.

And this final sentence takes me over the minimum number of characters.

Within 5 minutes of the beginning of this film, my wife leaned over and whispered, "I love this film." I had just been thinking the same thing. "Burn Your Maps" is incredibly well written, acted, and directed. You don't realize in the first 5 minutes that the director is going to take you on a journey that will skillfully stir so many emotions, but that is exactly what Jordan Roberts does. The characters, brilliantly portrayed by Vera Farmiga, Jacob Tremblay, and others, are all lost in their own way and spend the film journeying to find themselves and to be found by others. Movies that touch on so many emotions can often seem manipulative of the viewer. Not this one. That's where "Burn Your Maps" really shines. It is incredibly crafted to take you on the journey. I'm usually really time sensitive on movies, very aware if parts seem to drag or are uneven. Honestly, I have no idea how long this movie lasted. From those first five minutes through the closing credits, I was immersed in the story that kept me at a pleasing state of "feeling". Go see this movie. You'll be glad you did.