Review of Burn After Reading (2008) by Aw C — 05 Dec 2016

While it's not a brilliant film, Burn After Reading is a wonderfully mean-spirited and dark comedy-of-errors.

This review of Burn After Reading (2008) was written by Aw C on 05 Dec 2016.

Burn After Reading has generally received positive reviews.

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By Riccardo R (138) on 06 Feb 2017

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