Burn After Reading starring Brad Pitt,
Frances McDormand, George
Clooney, John Malkovich, Tilda
Swinton
Great Coen Brothers Movie
After the dark brilliance of No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading
may seem like a trifle, but few filmmakers elevate the trivial to art quite like
Joel and Ethan Coen. Inspired by Stansfield Turners Burn Before Reading,
the comically convoluted plot clicks into gear when the CIA gives analyst
Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) the boot. Little does Cox know his wife,
Katie (Tilda Swinton, riffing on her Michael Clayton character), is seeing
married federal marshal Harry (George Clooney, Swintons Clayton co-star,
playing off his Syriana role). To get back at the Agency, Cox works on his
memoirs. Through a twist of fate, fitness club workers Linda (Frances
McDormand) and Chad (Brad Pitt in a pompadour that recalls Johnny
Suede) find the disc and try to wrangle a Samaratin tax out of the surly
alcoholic. An avid Internet dater, Linda plans to use the money for plastic
surgery, oblivious that her manager, Ted (The Visitors Richard Jenkins),
likes her just the way she is. Though it sounds like a Beltway remake of
The Big Lebowski, the Coen entry it most closely resembles, this time the
brothers concentrate their energies on the myriad insecurities endemic to
the mid-life crisis--with the exception of Chad, whos too dense to share
such concerns, leading to the funniest performance of Pitts career. If
Lebowski represented the Coens unique approach to film noir, Burn sees
them putting their irresistibly absurdist stamp on paranoid thrillers from
Enemy of the State to The Bourne Identity. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Stills
from Burn After Reading (Click for larger image)
I'm extremely surprised about all of the negative reviews... well, actually,
not really.
Burn After Reading tells a hilarious story of two very naive and
absentminded gym workers (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) who find
a copy of an ex CIA agent's (John Malkovich) Memoir and mistake it for
classified government information. This begins the hilarious story of five
characters who are each interwoven af ter one big misunderstanding.
To appreciate this movie, you can't take it too seriously. Lighten up and
appreciate the nonsensical and hysterical story directed by none other
than the Coen brothers. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand,
Tilda Swinton, and John Malkovich make Burn After Reading one hell of a
masterpiece. Each one of their characters are so imperative in telling this
story.
At the end of the movie, Instead of sitting there saying, "Huh?" Think back
at how each character's indirect actions interweave this hilarious cast and
ultimately create such an incredible, absurd mess.
Open your mind and appreciate the subtle humor, fine acting, and all-
around great story that Burn After Reading comprises.
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