Simply wow

Rating: 8/10 (14 September 2008)

Burn After Reading is a very dark comedy. You have to set aside your morals and realize it's just a movie for 96 minutes, and if you are incapable of doing so you will not like this movie. I am capable of doing so and I found this movie to be pretty darn funny. But even so after the movie was over I still felt kind of bad for laughing when I did.
Brad Pitt does an extraordinary job of playing a goof ball health nut and is responsible for over 70% of the times that I laughed.
The Coen brothers are masterminds at turning the darkest moments of the movie into the funniest, and making you laugh at times when you would think it impossible.
Overall I really liked this movie but I am sure that many won't due to its dark nature. For most I think if you invest the money you will be rewarded in laughter.