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Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton
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. And a paranoid married man who is having an affair with t...( read more
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Id: 10923575
Burn after reading made me laugh in a style I haven't laughed in a while. Brad Pitt was my favourite character, often playing serious matter he fit the part as the goofy gym coach. The relations between all worked well. Oh how I could imagine this happening, another day in DC.
"Oh my fuck... I just killed a fucking spook!"
One thing about the Coen brothers - you never know what to expect when you sit down to watch one of their films. This is especially true of their comedies, which can range from lowbrow slapstick (Raising Arizona, O ...( read more)
The cast and acting is superb; no complaints there. But the story and overall delivery was weak and not even enjoyable enough to keep me interested. I just kept waiting for this thing to end, which is a Halley's Comet-type rarity for me in a Coen Brothers' movie. A huge disappoin...( read more)
Over cast and expected a lot more because of the people involved. Yeah its clever but its also way up its own arsehole
Its not up to the usual standards but i did like this Coen brothers film. The acting was very good (esp John Malkovich) apart from Brad Pitt. I really didn't like him in this at all and was quite glad when, what happened, happened! Funny one this, I'm not sure if the story was ma...( read more)
Maybe I missed the point, but I didn't think Burn was very funny. John Malkovich was great as usual, though.
The Character were great (especially brad Pitt one) but the plot and the screenplay are just ok.
It may have a great cast and all but the whole plot of this movie is so pointless, leaving me very unsatisfied. The only good thing was Brad Pitt playing the dim-witted gym goof, if only they killed him off later in the movie.
With such a strong cast, I was surprisingly unimpressed with this movie. There was but only a couple of times that I found much of anything with the movie funny and even then, I express nothing more than a snicker (such as when John Malkovich's character is served). I believe i...( read more)
