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Here are reviews and showtimes for the biggest films playing in Burnsville.

Taking in a movie this weekend? Perhaps we can help.

This new Friday feature, being introduced today, offers a quick synopsis of the big movies playing at theaters in Burnsville, the showtimes, and opinions of those movies available on Moviefone, the review site owned by America Online.

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Django Unchained
One sentence plot: Set in the South two years before the Civil War, "Django Unchained" stars Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave who forms an unlikely partnership with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz.
Moviefone viewer score: 73
Moviefone critic score: 80
Weekend showtimes at Burnsville's Paragon Odyssey 15:

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  • Friday—3:15‎, 4:00‎, ‎7:00‎, ‎8:20‎, ‎10:30‎, ‎11:45
  • Saturday—11:55, 12:30, 3:15, 4:00, 7:00, 8:20, 10:30
  • Sunday—11:55, 12:30, 3:15, 4:00, 7:00, 8:20, 10:30

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
One sentence plot: The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.
Moviefone viewer score: 72 percent
Moviefone critic score: 58
Weekend showtimes:

  • Friday—3:30‎, ‎7:25‎ , ‎10:50
  • Saturday—12:05, 3:30, 7:25, 10:50
  • Sunday—12:05, 3:30, 7:25, 10:50

Les Miserables
One sentence plot: Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, "Les Miserables" tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption, in a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit.
Moviefone viewer score: 81
Moviefone critic score: 63
Weekend showtimes:

  • Friday—‎3:55, 5:00, 7:00‎, ‎8:40‎, ‎10:20‎, ‎11:55
  • Saturday—12:15, 1:45, 3:55, 5:00, 7:00, 8:40, 10:20
  • Sunday—12:15, 1:45, 3:55, 5:00, 7:00, 8:40, 10:20

This is 40
One sentence plot: Five years after writer/director Judd Apatow introduced us to Pete and Debbie in "Knocked Up," Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprise their roles as a husband and wife both approaching a milestone meltdown in "This Is 40," an unfiltered, comedic look inside the life of an American family.
Moviefone viewer score: 53
Moviefone critic score: 58
Weekend showtimes:

  • Friday—‎3:50‎, 7:00‎, ‎10:00
  • Saturday—12:45, 3:50, 7:00, 10:00
  • Sunday—12:45, 3:50, 7:00, 10:00

All plot summaries from Moviefone.com.


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