Burn After Reading (2008)

Posted : 5 months, 1 week ago at May 29 3:06

"Jesus, what a clusterfuck!" For the Coen Brothers, Burn After Reading is a refreshing departure from the brooding, staid tone of 2007's No Country For Old Men (a superb movie that earned the twosome a handful of Oscars). Such a searing thriller as their 2007 Best Picture winner is a hard act to follow. As is often their style, the filmmaking duo elected to go in another direction with their follow-up film - delivering an absurd, Coen-esque black comedy. Burn After Reading can best be described as either a thriller with a high quotient of comedic elements, or (if you prefer) a dark comedy with a high quotient of thriller elements. As is frequently the case with features created by Joel & Ethan Coen, this is a difficult film to categorise, but it doesn't make it any less enjoyable. Bu...Read more

Posted : 6 months, 3 weeks ago at Apr 20 12:50

I was *really* excited about this movie, because I love Brad Pitt, George Clooney, but mostly I loved all the movies they starred on, including the ones they starred on *together*... until now. It's okay, but it's not what I thought it would be. I had lots of expectations about this movie and in the end I don't think it was very bright, and I don't even think of it as a comedy, if you don't consider Brad Pitt's character - he was really amazing in this movie and made up for all the "best comedy of the year" reviews. He was awesome! But as for the rest, it wasn't very funny, and it wasn't very clever. It's just okay I guess, it entertained me a lot... But I really think it could have been better.

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 10 months, 2 weeks ago at Dec 26 17:09

Brilliant dark comedy! exceptional acting by the always wonderful Malkovich. A story of how small scale plans evolve into an unrecognizable mess. Very entertaining and ingtriguing the whole way trough. Great cast and evan greater caracters. most frequently used line was probably "what the fuck", but always in good humour and carefully placed. Fucking awesome!

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 1 year ago at Oct 18 4:54

''What a clusterfuck!'' A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it. George Clooney : Harry Pfarrer What Burn After Reading results in, is one of the things the Coen Brothers to best and that is black comedy. It equals them going back to the style of Fargo and some real character detailed figures and their relationships and bonds with each other. Not to mention them all having affairs and sleeping with each other in a confused multiple array. What's nice is that as soon as it begins we are thrown right into proceedings with a CIA Analyst who is demoted, then he quits seeing it as a major insult. We then have him having a shot at writing and recording his memoirs that compile of his time at the CI...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Sep 23 6:59

Una banda di idioti: il titolo del bel libro di J.K. Toole si adatta bene al nuovo film dei fratelli Coen e alla sua compagnia di stralunati personaggi. La campagna pubblicitaria, ed anche il bel manifesto stile anni ’60, possono indurre in errore: chi andasse al cinema aspettandosi una commedia scatenata, con battute e risate ad ogni passo, rimarrebbe deluso. Si ride, è vero, ma è un riso a denti stretti mentre si osserva questo insieme di piccoli uomini e piccole donne che si dibattono inutilmente per i loro piccoli scopi: del film si può godere anche a livello epidermico, non mancano dialoghi e soprattutto situazioni divertenti, ma la sua costruzione è qualcosa di più complesso. Il tocco noir, l’intersezione dei piani narrativi, l’umorismo acido, la mediocrità dei personaggi...Read more

Rating : 8/10