Review of Burn After Reading (2008) by Kimberly G — 10 Apr 2012

Joel and Ethan Coen direct a Dramatic Comedy about a man named Osborne Cox who is writing his memoirs after getting fired from the CIA. The disc containing the memoirs is discovered in the female locker room at the gym, where it was left by mistake by the secretary of Katie Cox's divorce lawyer. Katie had downloaded the information secretly so her divorce lawyer would have ammunition for their case. Assuming that the disc contains vital classified information, gym employee Linda Litzke and her co-worker Chad Feldheimer decide to sell the info to the highest bidder. Feeling the sands of time running through her sagging figure, Linda needs the money for a series of expensive plastic surgeries but her quest for beauty sets in motion an unanticipated string of deadly, comical disasters.

So yeah you gotta give it to the Coen Brothers to make a movie that's not only really creative, but also really funny. Burn After Reading stars George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton and Richard Jenkins. That right there is huge cast filled with great actors that are top notch at what they do and in this movie all these actors play great performances. Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand play the two gym employees in this movie and they both probably make all the good jokes in this movie, them two are hilarious throughout. George Clooney and Tilda Swinton are the couple having an affair and they pretty much play the serious roles in the movie and they play it well. Lastly John Malkovich and Richard Jenkins are probably both Dramatic and Comedic in this movie they still also play great roles and they both also make some pretty good laughs as well. So the Coen Brothers made a great Comedy movie and this movie may not be the best movie they made, but it sure is a good one.