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  • Burns set to return to The Brothers McMullen - 20 December 2011
    -Actor/director Edward Burns is working on a sequel to his popular 1995 comedy The Brothers Mcmullen.-Burns wrote, produced, directed and starred in the project as he was trying to break into the entertainment industry and the family drama, about three Irish Catholic

Edward Burns - what members say


  • Sidewalks Of New York
  • Sidewalks Of New York review by from ENGLAND
    Rated - 5.0 stars REVIEW 7 May 2004
    ...This film is kind of a Love actually style of film by Edward Burns of which his films are good showing the day to day lives of couples in New York up and downs and people s...   Read customer review
  • Confidence
  • Confidence review by A customer from Oxford
    Rated - 2.0 stars Sometimes style can get you killed 5 July 2004
    ...the con itself and once you've seen through that, there's little left to enjoy. Edward Burns is too cocky for you to care and there isn't enough threat from Dustin Hoffman ...   Read customer review
  • The Brothers McMullen
  • The Brothers McMullen review by A customer from Wigan
    Rated - 4.0 stars SLOW PACED BUT VERY WATCHABLE 16 September 2004
    ...This film was shot on a very low budget, written & directed by Edward Burns,it is slow paced but a good storyline and strong characters make it a very watchable film, and ...   Read customer review

Edward Burns - filmography


  • Friends With Kids (2012)
    Starring: Adam Scott,  Jennifer Westfeldt,  Jon Hamm
    Director: Jennifer Westfeldt
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jennifer Westfeldt wrote, directed, and stars in the romantic comedy FRIENDS WITH KIDS. She plays Julie, a Manhattanite whose biological clock is about to run out, so she convinces her longtime platonic best friend, Jason (Adam Scott) to father a child with her. They seem to have a much easier time ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 2 members
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  • Friends With Kids - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Adam Scott,  Jennifer Westfeldt,  Jon Hamm
    Director: Jennifer Westfeldt
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jennifer Westfeldt wrote, directed, and stars in the romantic comedy FRIENDS WITH KIDS. She plays Julie, a Manhattanite whose biological clock is about to run out, so she convinces her longtime platonic best friend, Jason (Adam Scott) to father a child with her. They seem to have a much easier time ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 20% from 1 member
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  • Man On A Ledge (2012)
    Starring: Sam Worthington,  Jamie Bell,  Elizabeth Banks
    Director: Asger Leth
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An NYPD hostage negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) attempts to talk cop-turned-fugitive Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) down from a high ledge, but she learns that he may have a hidden motive for threatening to take his own life. A priceless diamond has been stolen, and the thieves responsible are using ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 181 members
    Due for release on 11th June 2012
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  • Man On A Ledge - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Sam Worthington,  Jamie Bell,  Elizabeth Banks
    Director: Asger Leth
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An NYPD hostage negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) attempts to talk cop-turned-fugitive Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) down from a high ledge, but she learns that he may have a hidden motive for threatening to take his own life. A priceless diamond has been stolen, and the thieves responsible are using ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 40 members
    Due for release on 11th June 2012
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  • Echelon Conspiracy (2009)
    Starring: Shane West,  Edward Burns,  Ving Rhames
    Director: Greg Marcks
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth--then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious agenda that threatens the stability ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 33 members
    Not available for rental
  • Echelon Conspiracy - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Tamara Feldman,  Shane West,  Edward Burns
    Director: Greg Marcks
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth--then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious agenda that threatens the stability ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 10 members
    Not available for rental
  • One Missed Call on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Shannyn Sossamon,  Edward Burns,  Ana Claudia Talancon
    Director: Eric Valette
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this remake of the Japanese horror film "Chakushin Ari" (2003), several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 9,910 members
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  • 27 Dresses - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Katherine Heigl,  James Marsden,  Malin Akerman
    Director: Anne Fletcher
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    KNOCKED UP's Katherine Heigl stars in this romantic comedy about a selfless young woman who is trapped in the role of perennial bridesmaid. Set in New York City, the film opens with Jane (Heigl) racing by cab to appear in two friends' weddings in the same night. She is the maid of honour for both ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 3,903 members
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  • 27 Dresses on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Katherine Heigl,  James Marsden,  Malin Akerman
    Director: Anne Fletcher
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    KNOCKED UP's Katherine Heigl stars in this romantic comedy about a selfless young woman who is trapped in the role of perennial bridesmaid. Set in New York City, the film opens with Jane (Heigl) racing by cab to appear in two friends' weddings in the same night. She is the maid of honour for both ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 61,129 members
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  • Purple Violets (2007)
    Starring: Edward Burns,  Selma Blair,  Patrick Wilson
    Director: Edward Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Purple Violets is a romantic comedy about four friends from college ready for change. Patti Peterson (Selma Blair) is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her dream. She longs to return to her writing, especially after running into her first love Brian Cahill (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7 members
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  • The Groomsmen on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Donal Logue,  Edward Burns,  John Leguizamo
    Director: Edward Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    The story follows the misadventures and confusion of a groom (Ed Burns) and his four groomsmen the week before a wedding. Wrestling with issues of fatherhood, honesty and growing up, the five thirty-somethings discover their extended adolescence might be finally coming to a close.
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 80 members
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  • The Holiday - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Kate Winslet,  Cameron Diaz,  Jude Law
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy THE HOLIDAY stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two women who exchange houses in order to get a new lease on life. After each suffers her fair share of romantic disappointments, Englishwoman Iris (Winslet) and L.A. woman Amanda (Diaz) meet on-line at a website ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 267 members
    Not available for rental
  • The River King on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jaime King,  Jennifer Ehle,  Nikki Barnett
    Director: Nick Willing
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Abel Grey, (Edward Burns) a small town cop, investigates the drowning of a boy from an exclusive school. Fearing scandal, the school insists that it is suicide, but Abel has already discovered that the boy had been a victim of bullying and suspects otherwise. As Abel digs deeper he discovers a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 2,025 members
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  • A Sound of Thunder on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Edward Burns,  Ben Kingsley,  Catherine McCormack
    Director: Peter Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In A SOUND OF THUNDER, based on a short story by Ray Bradbury, director Peter Hyams (END OF DAYS, TIMECOP) creates a world where time travel is possible and life as we know it is threatened. In the year 2055, Charles Hatton's (Ben Kingsley) company, Time Safari, will take anyone with a big enough ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3,160 members
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  • Looking for Kitty (2004)
    Starring: Edward Burns,  Max Baker,  Connie Britton
    Director: Edward Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A high school baseball coach (Krumholtz) and a down-on-his-luck private investigator (Burns) form a bond as they scour New York City for the coach's wife, who's run away with a second-rate rock star.
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 5 members
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  • Confidence on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Edward Burns,  Rachel Weisz,  Andy Garcia
    Director: James Foley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Ed Burns gives arguably the best performance of his career in James Foley's fast-moving CONFIDENCE. Foley, who directed David Mamet's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, has learned much from his mentor, making a who's-conning-whom film worthy of the master of the genre. Burns plays Jake Vig, the leader of a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 14,837 members
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  • Ash Wednesday on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Brian Burns,  Vincent Rubino,  Jimmy Cummings
    Director: Edward Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Ash Wednesday, 1983. Hell's Kitchen, New York. A symbolic day for Francis Sullivan, an ex-enforcer for the Irish gangs that rule the West Side. Rumours are flying that Francis's younger brother Sean presumed dead for three years, has reappeared.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 791 members
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  • Life Or Something Like It on DVD (2002)
    Starring: James Gammon,  Lisa Thornhill,  Melissa Errico
    Director: Stephen Herek
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An ambitious TV anchorwoman, Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie), decides to change her destiny when a homeless man tells her she'll die within a week. Lanie is perfect: the famous host of a popular TV show, engaged to Seattle Mariners star Cal (Christian Kane), and adorned in a perfect wardrobe ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 4,077 members
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  • Sidewalks Of New York on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Edward Burns,  Heather Graham,  Stanley Tucci
    Director: Edward Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An intricate web of relationships is examined by Ed Burns (THE BROTHERS McMULLEN, SHE'S THE ONE) in SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK. Burns, who also wrote and produced the film, stars as Tommy Reilly, a boy from Queens turned successful Manhattanite. After being kicked out of the apartment he shared with his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 936 members
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  • Saving Private Ryan on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Vin Diesel,  Dennis Farina,  Adam Goldberg
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 66,284 members
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  • She's The One on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jennifer Aniston,  Maxine Bahns,  Edward Burns
    Director: Edward Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A pair of brothers--one a cabdriver, the other a Wall Street bigwig--try to work out the kinks in their relationships with their wives, their mistresses (at least one of them), their father, and, ultimately, each other. SHE'S THE ONE is a charming romantic comedy from the director of THE BROTHERS ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 5,291 members
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  • The Brothers McMullen on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Jack Mulcahy,  Mike McGlone,  Edward Burns
    Director: Edward Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two main issues are complicating the lives of the Irish, Long Island-based, working-class McMullen brothers: Catholicism and women. Jack is the married oldest brother who's cheating on his perfect wife. Barry is the relationship-wary middle brother who, to his surprise and dismay, is finally ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 442 members
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Edward Burns facts

5 most recent films

Friends With Kids - 4.0 stars
Friends With Kids - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Man On A Ledge - 3.5 stars
Man On A Ledge - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Newlyweds - 1.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Saving Private Ryan - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Saving Private Ryan - 4.0 stars
The Holiday - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Holiday - HD - 3.5 stars
The Holiday - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Friends With Kids - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Newlyweds - 1.5 stars
Looking for Kitty - 2.0 stars
Echelon Conspiracy - 3.5 stars
Purple Violets - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Donal Logue - 8 times - show films
Dennis Farina - 7 times - show films
Max Baker - 7 times - show films
Paul Giamatti - 7 times - show films
Rosario Dawson - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Steven Spielberg - 5 times - show films
Nancy Meyers - 3 times - show films
Eric Valette - 3 times - show films
Asger Leth - 2 times - show films
Greg Marcks - 2 times - show films