May 19, 2009

Burn After Reading

Title: Burn After Reading
Year: 2008
Directors: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Writers: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins
Music: Carter Burwell
Length: 96 minutes
Synopsis: two idiots try to sell files belonging to a former CIA officer
How I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), February 2009
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great)
Objective Rating: 9/10 (1 point off for cinematography) c. 3.7/4 (Great)

A typical Coen Brothers comedy - by which I mean it's slightly bizarre with character-based humor, an intricate story, and it's completely unlike every other Coen Brothers movie.

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