Burn After Reading
Comedy • R • 2008 • 1 hr 36 min
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My second favorite Coen Brothers movie, this dark comedy is hilarious
3.5 Madcap trippy movie that's to Wash,DC what Big Lebowski was to CAL. A sex comedy satire Billy Wilder might have made in the 21st Cent.
Quite interesting, the movie feels like there is no plot written for it and the plot writes itself in the most chaotic way possible.
A funny movie about serious matters. The Coen bros excel at making this type of film. Not their best effort, but still really entertaining.
Good silly fun. It’s refreshing when celebrities decide it’s okay to portray themselves as goofuses.
It’s like no country for old men but far better, amazing characters and “randomness” where the plot grows dynamically from little decisions
Good comedy drama movie, good story and great characters and performances. Worth watching
A fantastic dark comedy film from the Coen brothers with hilarious, shocking scenes and a gripping twisty story, phenomenal performances
it's not the best Coen bros film but its got a quirky feel to it. there are some subtle comedy highlights and Clooney is fab!!
Very silly but fun. Pitt is an adorable idiot in this movie, one of his best performances. McDormand looks like a blonde Wonka on cocaine.
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