Burn After Reading (2008) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Burn After Reading
Year
2008
Running time
96 min.
Country
United States
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Synopsis
Ozzie Cox (John Malkovich) is a CIA agent who, after being fired from the Agency, begins to write his memoirs on a CD, but loses the disc that ends up in the hands of gym employees Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) and Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand), very simple people who try to blackmail Cox to make money. The CIA eventually intervenes and things get complicated when the gym guy meets Cox's wife's lover (George Clooney).
Awards
2008: 2 Nominations for Golden Globe: Best comedy, Best actress (McDormand)
2008: 3 Nominations for BAFTA: Best Screenplay, Sup. Actor (Pitt) and Sup. Actress (Swinton)
2008: Nominated for Critics' Choice Awards: Best Comedy Movie
2008: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Screenplay
2008: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Films (In alphabetical order).
Critics' reviews
- "This is not a great Coen brothers' film. Nor is it one of their bewildering excursions off the deep end. It's funny, sometimes delightful, sometimes a little sad (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)."
- "After the portentous 'No Country for Old Men,' Joel and Ethan Coen return to their trademark brand of cruel, misanthropic farce, and for dark laughs and hurtling narrative momentum this spy caper is their best work since 'Fargo'"
- "Shallow and proud of it, an antic cartoon that lacks the comic inspiration to go the distance."
- "A goofy screwball romp that affords a gaggle of A-listers the chance to hambone around in antic style"
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Ranking Lists Position
- 17 My Top 10 Movies from 2008 (246)
- 82 My Favorite Comedies (176)
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