i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

It's not a surprise that it's a movie from the 90s simply because actually there aren't no more American movie like this : a movie that puts a common (not famous) woman in the spotlight, that supports (civil) war victims, that denounces violence and that have no gratuitous sex ! As it happens in Burma, the movie is great for exotic vacations and really transcendent with Buddhism spirit : joy is only temporary and above all, violence isn't the answer for violence : like the old professor says, if we kill our enemies because they kill us, we become like them ! It's so true that everybody forgets it today like welcoming refugees ! The movie also really gets me because i'm writing a world tour novel and it happens i'm in Burma now after getting out Thailand (the reverse of the movie) : so i know the Karen and the desolated, poor way of life: outside the few cities, it's the jungle and the huts, with indeed checkpoints and corrupted soldiers, and for sure Buddhas everywhere ! Patricia may be a shy, quiet girl but she is very courageous to act in those conditions and she shows a strong spirit and find her own illumination! Her old friend is amazing and embodies all the oriental wisdom ! For a movie i watched to check Frances filmography, she ended here as a nice bonus !

Certainly this proves beyond a shadow of doubt that Patricia Arquette is what she is promoted to be: An ACTRESS! This is undoubtedly her finest moment of Acting and she certainly deserves the credit for her work. Never in any of her other movies, with the possible exception of Holy Matrimony, has she been totally believable and authentic.PLot: A young woman finds herself in southeast Asia and is suddenly thrown into the political havoc of the countryside. She witnesses mass murder and totalitarianism and escapes.It is one movie that you MUST see or you have not seen all of Hollywood's finest. I rank it 58 in the top 100 films of all time.Thanks Bob

This is definitely not your normal Sunday afternoon film. But it is a great adventure film. John Boorman did a great movie here. Patricia Arquette plays wonderfully a widow whose husband and son has been murdered and she goes with her sister on a a trip to Burma to try to forget the horrible thing. She gets her passport robbed and then the adventure begins. Boorman tries to capture the life of the people of Burma and he did a great job. I don't know any actor apart form Arquette but they all play great. The Film in general is very deeply moving and the music of Hans Zimmer is very emotional. If you like reality movies this one is definitely for you. You will have a great time watching this film. I give it a 10 out of 10.

"Beyond Rangoon" is mostly a petite, robust Arquette running barefoot all over Burma from the military junta bad guys while trying desperately to help a wounded super good guy professor. The film mechanically tells its by-the-numbers story about a recently widowed American physician on vacation who gets stuck in the traveler's favorite vacation spot, Burma (yeah, right!), in the midst of a clash between restless citizens and the ruling military junta. The result is very ordinary stuff for Arquette fans, people with an interest in the Burma, and couch potatoes who dig flicks with strong women heros. (C)