I found this movie absorbing enough to stick it out, even though it was frustratingly confusing until almost the end when everything came into focus. It jumps back and forth in time with different characters playing the same person at different times. As usual, Jennifer Lawrence does a magnificent acting job, even at her tender young age. Charlize Theron also does a wonderful job. Basically, it is a story of a wife and mother (played by Kim Basinger) who has suffered the anguish of having her body mutilated after breast cancer surgery. Her husband loves her but can't bring himself to make love to her. She discovers a lover who still finds her beautiful. She risks everything to be with him. Her oldest daughter (Jennifer Lawrence) takes matters into her own hands and then lives with the guilt. As an adult she is played by Charlize Theron (hope I'm spelling her name right). Yes, these are spoilers, but really I am doing other viewers a favor! I was lost during most of the movie. It was no fault of the actors. It could have been done in a more cohesive way. I guess the director and screenwriters are to blame.
Review of The Burning Plain
