Burn after reading is what you ought to do for every critic’s column that has damned the new Coen Brothers’ masterpiece with faint praise.
This is sublime movie-making at every level — writing, directing, casting, shooting — providing multiple treats for eye and brain. “Burn AfterReading” has all the delight, wit and insight of early Woody Allen combined with the mature mid-career brilliance of Joel and Ethan Coen’s filmmaking. In no other medium could so many plot lines be hung together so brilliantly in such a short span of time.
Bravo to the superb cast; and perhaps most of all to Brad Pitt who allowed himself to play a dorky character with such pizazz and joy.
It is amazing what a deep seated desire for plastic surgery can do!
Brad Pitt can be so funny, as long as he’s not taking himself too seriously… i could see how this movie would make good use of his, habitual, spastic arm movements
Dude, sorry to disagree, but this movie was absolute crap. Was just a silly strung together mess of plot lines that simply didn’t go anywhere by the end of it all. Big waste of the Coen brothers’ talent if you ask me :(
To each his own. Thanks for the comment.