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- 70Film ThreatMerle BertrandFilm ThreatMerle BertrandThe appeal of The Burial Society lays in its unusual and obscure take on an otherwise mundane tale of greed, treachery and double-cross.
- 60L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThough hardly a major work, The Burial Society has going for it something that many of the snickering noir comedies currently littering the field lack. Underneath its cheeky amorality, there beats a heart.
- The gimmicky nature of the flashbacks weakens the story and lessens the film's suspense. Nevertheless, The Burial Society is a clever, spiritual film that argues that God sees all and, what's more, he's always right.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThis non-secular variation on "The Usual Suspects" falls prey to a creeping structural rigor mortis that sets in early.