Wonderfully Funny ! Satire on Being Stupid!

Rating: 8/10 (2 October 2008)

Take a circle of people , who have more in common than they know, who are generally unaware of the people directly affecting their lives, and you have a "Wonderfully funny" film, about people being Stupid !
Osbone Cox(John Malkovich) is being reassigned in a federal government position, yet he rebuffs his supervisors and quits. His wife Katie Cox(Tilda Swinden) is having an affair with womanizer Harry Pfarar(George Clooney), who beds no less than 4 women in this film.
Osborne is being divorced, unknown to him, and his wife has been gathering personal info , including his memoirs in government life to a CD. The CD is found in the Hard Bodies gym, by the personnel there, so Chad Feldheimer(Brad Pitt) and Linda Litzki(France McDormand ) decide to capitalize on this after discovering some of the contents, and mistakenly coming to the conclusion that they might contain "Valuable" secrets. So , the farce is on, and what an interesting and entertaining look into human nature it is ! George Clooney is GREAT as Harry, the somewhat paranoid Treasury Agent, who life is unwinding with every step he takes. John Malkovich turns in another solid performance as the repressed Government worker, who keeps getting kicked around while following all of the rules. The final 20 minutes are classic, not to be missed. Terrific cast, the Coen brother turn in a COMPLETE film this time, with an ending not to be missed. Have a Great time ! 8.5 on the scale !