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Sep 12, 2008 · Burn After Reading. Creed Paddington. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst (John Malkovich) falls into the hands of Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand ...
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Sep 11, 2008 · The Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading" is a screwball comedy that occasionally becomes something more. The characters are zany, the plot coils upon itself with dizzy zeal, and the roles seem like a perfect fit for the actors -- yes, even Brad Pitt, as Chad, a gum-chewing, fuzzy-headed physical fitness instructor. I've always thought of him as a fine actor, but here he reveals a dimension that ...
Burn After Reading Reviews. In setting up a spy thriller that, given the idiocy of its characters, just-so-happens to proceed like a comedy, the Coens’ best humorist qualities emerge after years ...
Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. [5] It follows a recently jobless CIA analyst, Osborne Cox ( John Malkovich ), whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimwitted gym employees ( Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt ). When they mistake the memoirs for classified ...
Sep 12, 2008 · Burn After Reading: Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. With George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich. A disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.
Jun 4, 2020 · RELATED: The Coen Brothers' 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes. The same thing happened in the late ‘90s when the Coens followed up Fargo with The Big Lebowski. With the gift of hindsight, most fans have come to view Burn After Reading as a pretty hilarious comedy. So, here are all the main performances in the movie, ranked.
Sep 12, 2018 · It resonated with critics (78% on the Tomatometer) and carries an Audience Score of 64%, but in most assessments of the Coen Bros. canon, it sits firmly in the middle – if not at the very bottom. The film has a very Coens-y premise: Gym associates discover a CD containing secret government documents, which they use to try to nab a reward from ...
