Quickie: Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading (2008)–**
Quickie Review
A pair of gym trainers find a disk containing the memoirs of an ex-CIA agent and attempt to blackmail the agent for cosmetic surgery money. What could have been another superb Coen Brothers anti-thriller in the vein of Fargo turns into a sad spy farce. The layered characters are barely visible behind caricatures played to excess by a cast too good to look this bad. There’s a smart film beyond the static, I just wish we could have seen it. Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton.
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