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Burn After Reading (2008) Rank 1 Reviews
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Time Out New York (David Fear)
The transition from Oscar-winning masterpiece to this mess is especially depressing. Burn After Reading is a disposable lark, and it's treated by the filmmakers as such; Forget After Seeing would be a far more honest title. ...read the complete Burn After Reading movie review at Time Out New York (David Fear)
Time Out Sydney (David Fear)
Burn After Reading is a disposable lark, and it's treated by the filmmakers as such; Forget After Seeing would be a far more honest title. ...read the complete Burn After Reading movie review at Time Out Sydney (David Fear)
WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
I want to say Burn After Reading has trouble getting going, but it NEVER gets going ...read the complete Burn After Reading movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Washington Post (Neely Tucker)
"We learned not to do this again," one character observes at the movie's close. You can't help but wonder if the Coens meant that line, as well as the title of the script, as a tongue-in-cheek reference to themselves. ...read the complete Burn After Reading movie review at Washington Post (Neely Tucker)
New Yorker (David Denby)
Even black comedy requires that the filmmakers love someone, and the mock cruelties in Burn After Reading come off as a case of terminal misanthropy. ...read the complete Burn After Reading movie review at New Yorker (David Denby)
About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
Chalk it up to the Coens' much-cited misanthropy or misplaced satirical intent, but there's nothing enjoyable or insightful about hanging out with this duplicitous crowd. ...read the complete Burn After Reading movie review at About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
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by blake on January 22, 2009 Ogden, Utah
This movie has almost no comedic elements to it. It makes attempts to be a black comedy, but it comes across as sad. The characters are too over the top and unrealistic. Not how a proper mockery and satire should be done. The movie has no real ending. It ...
by tiffany on January 21, 2009 Ogden, Utah
Had a horrible plot, lack of humor. With the exception of the over energized Brad Pitt. It was nothing like I had hoped. There were things in the movie that wouldn't be explained till half way through and by then you are trying to figure out the ...
by jonny on January 21, 2009 Ogden, Utah
With a all star cast this movies was not very entertaining ... A waste of time and DVD Rental money. ...
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