Burning would almost act as Parker’s peak as his follow-up films, Come See the Paradise and The Road to Wellville received generally mixed reviews and were box office failures while The Commitments was underwhelming at the box office despite rave reviews and his 1976 adaptation of Evita saw mixed reviews but was a box office smash.
Parker would close out his career with the 1999 adaptation of Angela’s Ashes and the 2003 drama The Life of David Gale, both of which received generally mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and were financial disappointments.
Though not a commercial success outside of the Parker’s home United Kingdom, it was a critical smash and garnered eight BAFTA nominations and three wins and three Golden Globe nominations.