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Burn After Reading (2008)
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Reviews Counted:216
Fresh:168
Rotten:48
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: With Burn After Reading, the Coen Brothers have crafted another clever comedy/thriller with an outlandish plot and memorable characters.
Theatrical Release: Aug 27, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $60.3M
Synopsis: A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to benefit from the discovery. A... [More]
Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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REVIEWS FOR BURN AFTER READING
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Jul 7, 2010
Gratuitous stuff, flat and desperate
Aug 26, 2009
It's a just-for-funsies caper, and the Coen brothers seem to revel in it, helped along by an impressive cast that gleefully follows their lead.
Aug 14, 2009
a quirky, delicious comedy with an A-list cast clearly enjoying every moment of their screen time
Apr 4, 2009
Please send Get Well cards to the Coen Brothers. After last year's No Country for Old Men, for which they won the Oscar for Best Picture of the Year, Joel and Ethan Coen have had a relapse. Their new offering Burn After Reading is reminiscen
Feb 1, 2009
A bunch of pieces in search of a puzzle.
Jan 12, 2009
Unlikable characters who do stupid things.
Jan 6, 2009
Burn Before Watching.
Jan 3, 2009
Una disparatada comedia que le toma el pelo a la (des)inteligencia norteamericana, de la mano de un puñado de personajes absurdos animados por un estupendo elenco.
Dec 20, 2008
Influenciados pelos mesmos clichês que comprometem tantas produções do estilo, os próprios personagens de Queime Depois de Ler parecem não saber diferenciá-los da realidade.
Dec 2, 2008
Showcases a pitch-black comic sensibility that will either attract or repel moviegoers.
Nov 26, 2008
All in all though, fun times. I look forward to revisiting it again in the future, like most Coen bros movies.
Nov 21, 2008
Tries to be "The Big Lebowski" of the War on Terror.
Nov 20, 2008
Burn After Reading is part spy spoof and part rumination of middle-aged loneliness, which goes a long way to explain why its elements never cohere.
Nov 12, 2008
Even though Burn After Reading is often funny, it rarely achieves either the hilarity of Intolerable Cruelty or the iconic goofiness of The Big Lebowski.
Nov 12, 2008
It's like a spy thriller, but with no spies and no thrills.
Nov 9, 2008
aristotehniki diaheirisi mias fainomenika polymplegmenis plokis, tin opoia ksepsahnizoyn me haraktiristiki anesi kai aksiozileyti oikonomia, ksediplonontas me pliros sobaro antikataskopiko styl ap' ti skinothesia kai ti fotografia, mehri to montaz kai ti
Nov 8, 2008
These are functioning morons, they walk and work among us. And they are brilliant and funny and in spite of the screwball-comedy nature of the story, they are completely believable.
Nov 7, 2008
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