Review of Burn After Reading (2008) by Nick K — 05 Nov 2011

When you come across this film, the brilliant cast and the reviews such as "Best comedy of the year" create the inevitable expectation that it is actually going to be funny. However, even though the circumstances are amusing, the film doesn't deliver any humor and the punchlines are absent too.

The comedy value is very subtle and hidden underneath blackmail and murder plots which not all people will find particularly "funny". Had it been marketed differently, it would have been a much better film.

But expecting a funny film, it didn't deliver.