A White Mississippi funeral owner hires a Black personal injury lawyer from Florida to sue a behemoth Canadian corporation when they try to force him out of business. The Burial, based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr, is a David versus Goliath comedy-drama about a seemingly mismatched pair finding common ground to achieve an astonishing legal victory. Race plays a big part of a story rooted in poverty and a legacy of Southern transgressions. The film gets hokey and melodramatic at times but grabs you with compelling performances. Tommy Lee Jones and Jamie Foxx bring humor, heart, and star power to an overall winning narrative.
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