Expectations should be erased!

Rating: 9/10 (29 July 2011)

I like the Coen brothers movies and they are all uniquely different and expectations are always going to be an issue so if you would like to see a good comedy without cheesy one liners that looks back on society and people of today Burn After Reading is for you.
If you like comedians like "Chris Lilley" who does "Angry Boys" and "Summer Heights High" you will like this movie. If you like "Two and Half Men" or HotTub Time Machine you won't! That is not to say these shows aren't good it is just a different type of humour. Forget about what you have seen with Coen Brothers and satisfaction will be high or at least higher than these critics posted.
Spoilers from here....
Now for the people who did see it but don't like it. Yep it didn't have CGI or one crack up liners but what a funny movie that was not only enjoyable but unique. I think the biggest problem was people do not like looking back at the mirror as no one likes seeing who they really are! We have the health nut that has those silly health drinks who says "that's the stuff" and rides his push bike to the drop off... then smooth talker who claims he has a big job with a big GUN but has never fired it before. Plus the guy who is in love with his fellow worker who does anything for her but she cannot see past her own vanity to see him. And then the final part was a crack up .... "What did we learn from this?" Normal people acting like gangsters without having a clue about what they are doing. Sure it's not a classic but it is a time piece and one day you might look back and smile.