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Burn After Reading (2008) - Critic Reviews - Page 8 of 10

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By Jeffrey Chen (849) for Window to the Movies (638) on 10 Sep 2008

Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen could direct a movie like Burn After Reading in their sleep, and I don't mean that as a slight…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 10 Sep 2008

I want to say Burn After Reading has trouble getting going, but it NEVER gets going…

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By Kevin N. Laforest (610) for Montreal Film Journal (589) on 10 Sep 2008

The Coen brothers' funniest movie since The Big Lebowski…

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By Sean Mcbride (367) for Sean the Movie Guy (367) on 10 Sep 2008

A lot of fun to watch, but it's not going to hold up as one of the Coen Brothers major works…

Review of Burn After Reading (2008)

By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 10 Sep 2008

Doesn't stand up to Fargo or Blood Simple, but it's a chance to watch some top-notch actors jump their rails and head into terra bizarro…

Review of Burn After Reading (2008)

By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 10 Sep 2008

Another Coens twisty, genre-tweaking movie filled with deadpan delivery by characters who are venal, dumb, or both, plus some shockingly grisly…

Review of Burn After Reading (2008)

By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 10 Sep 2008

It's a clever setup for a spoof of the espionage thriller, but despite the film's intermittent pleasures (Pitt's gum-snapping dolt chief among…

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By Neely Tucker (19) for Washington Post (9,851) on 10 Sep 2008

Oh, the high-octane cast works hard. But there's nothing to suggest anybody off camera tried that hard, which is fatal to a Coen outing…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 10 Sep 2008

The plot is grippingly complex and at the same time laughably ludicrous, and it has one of the best wrap-up lines ever filmed…

Review of Burn After Reading (2008)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 10 Sep 2008

Hopped up like a Bugs Bunny cartoon on mescaline and as chatty and uppity as a 5-year-old, Burn After Reading could be seen as the Coen brothers…

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By Rebecca Murray (740) for About.com (1,470) on 10 Sep 2008

The Coens are so hot right now they could probably sell the idea for a comedy involving the changing of fish tank water…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 10 Sep 2008

Burn does a lot for a lark, but a lark it is nonetheless, and perfectly welcome as long as the Coens bring back their ambition next time around…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Sep 2008

Because it's a Coen brothers film before it's anything else, this is about as dark and nihilistic as comedies are allowed to get before the…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 10 Sep 2008

Shot, scored and edited like a paranoid conspiracy thriller, but acted with comic exuberance by a brilliant ensemble cast, it presents itself…

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By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 10 Sep 2008

Here, the brothers weave an elaborate, misanthropic web of desperation and betrayal around a group of characters so jaded they take no real…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 10 Sep 2008

J.K. Simmons makes his character's teflon tactics a witty criticism and his line readings are like hilarious subtitles to the action…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for AV Club (2,778) on 10 Sep 2008

This feels like a second-shelf Coen comedy, particularly when compared to their no-less-shaggy The Big Lebowski…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 10 Sep 2008

A back-stabbing, double-crossing, exhaustively absurd caper with pitch-black comedic enhancements, Burn is a beauty; a charged symphony of…

Review of Burn After Reading (2008)

By Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 10 Sep 2008

We are no longer in No Country, but we are assuredly in Coen Country…

Review of Burn After Reading (2008)

By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 10 Sep 2008

Mostly we're along for a curious ride. Individual scenes are enjoyable, some laugh-out-loud funny…

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