Review of Burn After Reading (2008) by Alanl. — 18 Sep 2008
This is a movie of sympathetic characters with unsympathetic goals. I wanted to save all of them from themselves and each other. Politically, it underscored the conservative point that the world is maybe unchangingly mean because people are stupid and greedy and the liberal point that maybe you have to apply thought and compassion because the alternative is unthinkable.
Except for the Coens. As for humor, it made me laugh maybe five times in the theater but made me laugh maybe twenty or so in the following week. It's like Dr. Strangelove, really.
This review of Burn After Reading (2008) was written by Alanl. on 18 Sep 2008.
Burn After Reading has generally received positive reviews.
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