Underrated Coen Gold

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2010)

What is great about this film is that it doesn't play in one tone.
It can be funny when there is humour and when there is murder it's shocking. Just like the world we live in.
This film isn't set in the movie world, it's set in our own one where we can laugh and jump back in horror all in the course of a day They did this in Fargo, and despite the fact that Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers aren't as good as the rest...yes including The Hudsucker Proxy. They are never bad at what they do.
The film is set up to a coming and going of nothing. Some will get confused by this and it won't mean anything to them, probably people who need a plot more might have that kind of issue.
As my mother pointed out all the characters are self-serving, like with many Coen brother films. To quote empire magazines point of view on the film While greed is not good, especially combined with stupid people. It sure is funny The truth is I'll be enjoying this film till the day I die, and I will never be able to take a spy film seriously again. Seeing people get angry swear at each other and cause a cluster f@ck happening is something the coens invite us to laugh at, yet there are still lessons to learn again something the Coens have always done well Burn after Reading doesn't have warmth so some will find it hard to swallow and dismiss it, others will embrace this fresh piece of work and look at the world a little differently with the individualistic society and become that little bit wiser The Coens do this and they make me laugh my ass off at the same time every time I return to this film