Funny story, funny characters

Rating: 8/10 (1 March 2010)

Burn After Reading is more comedy than drama, but the humor starts off slow because the film takes time to set up several characters and their story lines. Then it becomes hilarious. It employs several different kinds of humor, some so subtle you might miss it if you don't pay attention, and some that hits you like a pie in the face. It also uses shock humor, sexual humor, and good old watching-a-moron-be-a-moron humor.
I've only seen it once, but I intend to view it again. It has a great cast (I loved J.K. Simmons in this film), and my wife and I still laugh about the film months after we viewed it.