Coen Brothers do it again. Again.

Rating: 2/10 (19 October 2008)

Nowadays, it seems that if you're a "fan" of any highly-regarded purveyors of any sort of art form, you'll eventually be regarded as someone who'll take anything that's shoved at them.
Take Radiohead for example - millions of fans worldwide, and the critics love them too. Should they make the effort in order to justify the love they receive, or should they just throw out the same album for the fourth time in a row and assume people will buy it? Yeah, the easy option wins out, of course.
The Coen Brothers, yes, the Radiohead of the film world. We all love the Big Lebowski, and Raising Arizona, and O Brother, Where Art Thou, and Fargo. A bunch of stupid characters do a bunch of stupid things that gets them into stupid situations, with it all coming together in the end. Burn After Reading is the Coen Brothers' answer to In Rainbows. Formulaic Coen-drivel from start to finish, only without any of the charm of previous works. But that's okay, because the fans will go see it anyway, right? I'll give two stars for JK Simmons, for he is a man who can do no wrong. Other than that, don't think you're smart for enjoying a Coen Brothers film, be smart by not going to see it instead. Yes.