Release Date
September 12, 2008
DVD Release Date
December 21, 2008 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Writer
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast
George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins
Studio
Running Time
95 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence
A dark spy-comedy from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen. An ousted CIA official's (Academy Award nominee John Malkovich) memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Last year, the Coen Brothers finally found their maker when they won several Oscars for the stirring film No Country for Old Men. One of the best movies of 2007, though in my opinion not the best, No Country seems to have propelled Joel and Ethan to a new level of a popularity. In other words, the Coen brothers could make Disaster Movie and people would have lined up in droves. Thankfully, they decided to put their brains together for more original fare, like the idiotic comedy-thriller Burn After Reading.
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