Rating of
3/4
Sadistic Comedy of Flawed Folk
Supercrum - wrote on 09/15/08
This hilarious cast is strong with Pitt and Clooney as fitness jerk imbeciles, Malkovich being a victimized time-bomb of aggression and McDormand, an interesting mixture of quirky and vain; Burn After Reading is a dark comedic blend much to the likes of the Coen’s earlier works. Although unnecessarily violent at times, the comedic capers of missing CIA memoirs fail to disappoint throughout its 96 minute runtime. In the end, Burn After Reading is about absolutely nothing which cleverly seems to say loads about everything.
