Slow movie about slow people moves very slow...

Rating: 4/10 (18 September 2008)

I was coerced, I tell you, into seeing BURN AFTER READING. After the letdown of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, I swore off Coen brothers movies. Having my arm twisted, however, I agreed to attend one more. The most exciting thing about this one was the leg cramp I suffered midway through. With the notable exceptions of RAISING ARIZONA and O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?, I've been underwhelmed time and again by the highly-touted Coen bros. Like Kevin Costner and Quentin Tarentino and Will Smith, add nausea, the Coens seem to have made careers for themselves by displaying little or no discernible talent. If this is your idea of good writing or good acting or good direction, enjoy. For me, it's just one more sign of the coming apocalypse.