Poor

Rating: 5/10 (28 February 2009)

Friday night made the big mistake of hiring "Burn After Reading". For some reason I thought it would be more enjoyable than the other awful Coen brothers movies i'd seen (The Ladykillers, O Brother Where Art Though etc) with it's great cast and wacky storyline. Bad move. As always, the old "stick with what you know" motto I've lived my life by would have served me well if I stayed disciplined.
The film is about some dimwitted fitness instructors (played by McDormand and Pitt) who stumble across a seemingly top secret disc with government files. Linda (McDormand) sees a great opportunity for blackmail and therefore the chance to fund her required plastic surgery while Chad (Pitt) just sees the chance to score some free money. Soon they become embroiled in a serious situation and it's no longer a chance for easy money. Will they pull it off? See it to find out.
**Spoiler alert**. The story was going OK but had several irrelevant story lines that weakly ended up intertwining with the main story (Malkovich, Clooney etc). The ending was a massive letdown to say the least. Besides Brad Pitt's performance there wasn't much to salvage. I know some people will say "you just don't get the genius of the Coen brothers", but personally i think they are knobheads.