Burn After Reading Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

What a load of rubbish!!!

Went to watch this at the cinema last night and is the first time I have ever walked out of a film! It was sooooo boring - from start to the point of leaving (45 minutes). Some people did kind of laugh at the odd bit, but I wasn't sure what they were laughing at. If you are suffering from insomnia then this will surely send you on your way to sleep!

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[Highly rated reviewer]

superb................................

this dvd is superb. Osbourne Cox (played by John Malkovich) is a CIA analyst who quits his job at the agency, after being demoted mainly because of his drinking problem.

He then decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA.

His wife, Katie Cox (played by Tilda Swinton), wants to divorce Osbourne and, at the counsel of her divorce lawyer, she copies many of his personal and financial files off his computer, and on to an optical disc.

Katie's lover is Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer (played by George Clooney).

The disc eventually finds its way to Hardbodies, a workout gym. An employee of the gym, Chad Feldheimer (played by Brad Pitt) obtains the disc from the gym's custodian, and ascertains that it contains classified government information.

Along with his fellow employee Linda Litzke (played by Frances McDormand), he intends to use the disk to blackmail Osbourne - as Linda needs the money to pay for cosmetic surgery.

They call up Cox in the middle of the night, but he is not receptive to the idea of blackmail.

So when blackmailing him fails, Linda decides to take the information to the Russian embassy.

At the embassy, she hands the disk over to the Russians, promising that she will give more information afterwards, to keep the money rolling in.

Because Linda and Chad don't have any more information, they decide to break into Cox's house, to see what else they can dig up.

Mayhem ensues.................well worth watching !!!!!!!

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Don't waste your time.

There is only one way to describe this movie... Absolute crap! In fact it is one of the worst movies I have ever watched.

The film is not even remotely funny. If you do find it funny then you probably have an IQ of less than 70 or are extremely easily amused. The story/plot was just idiotic. I actually found it insulting to my intelligence. It was quite painful to watch.

I wasn't impressed by Clooney's performance and Brad Pitt was just wooden; I wasn't impressed with any of the actors performances.

Totally forgettable film. Wish I could get that hour and a half back. It is so bad I couldn't even give it at least one star.

dreadful

Having sat through this drivel for one and a half hours it was a relief when it finished. I find it hard to believe that anyone capable of directing a film of the quality of no country for old men could put their name to this (however I also found the big labowski equally irritating) The plot is directionless, the funny moments few and far between and interspersed with random and pointless violence. Judging by the wall of total silence throughout the supposed comedy film, I wasn’t the only one sorely disappointed.

Poor Show

I've never left a review about a film before but felt that it was my duty to warn people about this film. I went to see it last night. I either blinked and missed the best bits or it was completely rubbish. The story line was just ridicious. When it finished I realised that I would never get those 96 minutes back.

To be fair, John Malkvoich was funny in it but the rest of the film was just pointless. The story line was only held together by Pitt and Clooney's presents. If they weren't in it, it would have flopped straight away. Everyone raved about the next Coen brothers film and I can safely say that I will give it a second thought going to see their next release.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Burn Before Viewing

A new film from the Coens is one of the highlights of my year. I've grown up on their films and which ever way they've turned I've followed. The Big Lebowski is one of my top 5 films of all times.

Therefore trust me when i say this film is awful.

It is utterly devoid of pace, plot or wit, it has a great cast but no script.

Despite its 96min running time it seemed like one of the longest most drawn out films I have ever endured.

How this film has ganered so many positive reviews is beyond my ken.

BURN BEFORE VIEWING ..................... you have been warned.

cack, cack, cack

I Watched this film at the cinema and wished I had waited until it was available on DVD, because it falls under the 20 MINUTE RULE. I will watch any film for 20 minutes, and then if necessary turn it off. If I hadn,t paid good money to watch this film I would have walked out of the cinema. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do not inflict this drivel on yourself. Even with George Clooney and Brad Pitt, it is Dull

[Highly rated reviewer]

Brilliant - one of the best comedies in years

Well I've been lucky enough to have gone to a preview screening of this latest Coen brothers comedy and was not disappointed at all. This film is like a crazy mix of Fargo violence and Big Lebowski humour. All the actors are absolutely superb and the film is very lush to look at, beautifully shot. Well worth watching over and over again and I think a bit of a future cult classic right up there with Lebowski. It was very refreshing going to the cinema and having every single person crying with laughter. Amazing!!!!

Slow and pointless

The first review I've been moved to write! This was so slow, the plot insomuch as there was one was totally unbelievable. Whilst some people laughed I honestly can't see why!

The violence seemed out of keeping with the 'farce' type nature of the plot. Couldn't wait for it to finish, very disappointed