Burn After Reading

It is clear that there is no message in this film - that is, it is a closed bit of pure entertainment, not meant to provoke or inspire. That's not a condemnation, because it never presents itself as anything different. A couple Coen brothers veterans (George Clooney, Frances McDormand) mix with other Hollywood big names (Brad Pitt as an obnoxious gym employee) to assemble a ridiculous cast of characters whose collective idiocy drives this story of betrayal and mishap along. This film lacks the sinister atmosphere of No Country for Old Men and Fargo; nor is it as brilliantly strange as The Big Lebowski. Within the beginning and final Earth zooms is a quirky, amusing tale with enough startling escapes from predictability to maintain interest - but after, as the title suggests, you may as well dispose of the memory.

WORTH WATCHING
3 out of 5
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Plot: 3
Imagery: 3
Soundtrack: 3
Originality: 3
Overall: 3