Burn After Reading
- Title: Burn After Reading
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Burn After Reading, written and directed by the Coen Brothers, is a thriller set in a world not too far from Dumb & Dumber. It’s a tale of secrets, lies, and murder through an idiot lens. It’s an interesting idea that struggles at becoming a good film.
The story centers around a recently fired CIA agent (John Malkovich) with a bad temper whose memoirs wind up in the hands of two dumb gym employees (Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt). After being attacked the first time the pair attempt to return the disk their plans turn towards blackmail or to selling the dubious contents to the Russians. As to why the film chooses the Russians, well, the joke is obvious though the rationale (like so much in the film) is not.
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