Rob Rob : (one panda thumb up, one panda thumb down)
Burn after reading is the first film made by the Cohen brothers since their Academy Award-winning "No Country For Old Men." This movie didn't suck as much as NCFOM, but it certainly wasn't great, either. For as many stars as their were in the movie, it was suprisingly boring. One would think that there would be something of artistic merit in the contrast of the banal of the everyday life of the gym employees and the spies at the CIA, but even that fails in the film. For a comedy, this was a little too dark, not that the darkness was disturbing, but rather it drowned out the humor. Also, the dim-witted characters are at first entertaining, but quickly become boring. Some may be amused by this movie (hence the one thumb up), but I wouldn't watch it again.
Bunny: (two ears down)
I met John Malkovich a couple of times, and he's just as much of an asshole as the character he plays in this film. People who comment about his performance don't realize that he wasn't acting at all. He was just being himself. This was a piece of shite. If Brad Pitt and George Clooney together can't save a movie from mediocrity, then nothing can.
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