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Burn After Reading

2008

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

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An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich, come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical fitness! When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined, but dim-witted, gym employees, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts, events soon spiral out of everyone's and anyone's control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters! From Joel and Ethan Coen, the Academy Award winning directors of No Country For Old Men and The Big Lebowski, comes this brilliantly clever and endlessly entertaining movie that critics are calling smart, funny, and original.

Burn After Reading details

Formats:	15 DVD, Blu-ray
Starring:	Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins
Directors:	Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Genre:	Comedy - British
Studio:	UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Collections:	100 Hot Hits, 100 Most Wanted, Top 400 All-Time Rentals

Name	Discs
Burn After Reading	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 36 minutes
Rental release:	09 Feb 2009
Main languages:	English

Name	Discs
Burn After Reading	15 Feature

Blu-ray Information

Run time:	1 hour 36 minutes
Rental release:	09 Feb 2009
Main languages:	English

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The Coen brothers return to oddball comedy in their follow-up to their Oscar winning No Country For Old Men...
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By bfaulk44 (53 reviews) from Bridgwater , 28 Apr 2008

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Brad goofs it up.

By a customer , 15 May 2013

Great fun. Brad is excellent in this and shows he can do comedy. It's really good fun and different. Recommended.
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Ridiculously overacted

By a customer , 09 Apr 2013

I was expecting something much better. There was no plot, the only consistent theme was endless swearing. Lots of overacting over nothing in particular. A complete waste of time.
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Burn before watching (might be better)

By a customer , 23 Mar 2013

'Outrageous spy comedy'......... is how this is described. Unfortunately, it is lacking in comedy and low on plot or intrigue. Such a shame with such a stellar cast.
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Don't listen to the naysayers

By JohnEllams (2 reviews) , 17 Mar 2013

Low expectations having read a number of reviews on this site, but good enough to watch it twice! An intriguing story line that keeps you guessing the whole way through and drops in the odd unexpected surprise. A truly great line delivered at the end by the CIA chief...worth watching just for that. I suspect this might be an underrated gem
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WASTE OF TIME

By a customer , 24 Feb 2013

OMG the biggest ever load of complete rubbish. The worse film ever. No storyline whatsoever. Nothing else to say. Total waste of time.
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