Alien at the Movies

Burn Your Maps

After the death of his infant sister, 8-year-old Wes (Jacob Tremblay) tells his grieving parents that he is a Mongolian goat herder born in the wrong place. His obsession takes him & his mom (Vera Farmiga) along with a budding filmmaker Ishmail to Mongolia. There they meet a wandering retired nun & a Puerto Rican guide. It’s a touching & moving heartfelt story about lost souls on journey to find themselves. Tremblay & Farmiga are terrific. The script is contrived but it nicely ties everyone’s story together with a common theme. Life, loss, love, & family.

Alien gives it 3 “goats & eagles” stars out of 4.