The First of More To Come

Rating: 8/10 (10 October 2008)

Hollywood's fall lineup has had as one of it's leadoff pictures "Burn Without Reading". Yes, film entertainment is just like the fashion industry, introducing the season's must-have (in the case of movies, must-see) items early on. Along with Spike Lee's "Miracle at St. Anna" these are the best of September's offerings.
The plot, as it were, primarily centers around the existence of a disk containing the writings of an ex-CIA agent (John Malkovich) and the attendant goings-on of nearly all the remaining cast. The departure here from the normal spy-chase cum thriller is that not any of the behaviour or antics of the characters matters one whit in the final analysis. But it does make for an amusing ride.
George Clooney (cast as a Treasury agent, though that matters little) is the lover of Tilda Swinton, the wife of the aforementioned CIA agent. Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand are employees of a gym. How all these characters get involved with the disk and with each other I leave for you to enjoy.
This is definitely a film that will satisfy all fans of Coen Brother's offerings.