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Alternatively mirthful and macabre, while poking fun at both modern mating habits and the paranoia of espionage culture, this sophisticated social satire is a refreshingly-intelligent diversion designed with the more cerebral cineaste in mind....read the complete Burn After Reading (2008) review at NewsBlaze (Kam Williams)
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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 (2008) review at Time Out New York (David Fear)
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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. ...
by cory on January 28, 2009 Ogden, Utah
The film gets wrapped up in its own plot too much and forgets to entertain its audience. I admit it kept me interested for a while, but it left me feeling unsatisfied as it ended. The point of this film is that it is random and is random all the way ...

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Burn After Reading (2008) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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