Burn After Reading Should Have Been Burned Before Viewing 0*

Rating: 1/10 (4 July 2009)

The Coen Brothers are always known for their quirky films. I didn't like "Fargo," nor "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Guess what? I didn't like this absolute stinker as well.
What kind of comedy is this mess? As a departed agent, John Malkovich, totally bald here, is disgusting to say the least. Every 4th word out of his mouth is the F-bomb word.
Frances McDormand, a superb actress, has a really stupid part here and she looks like Carol Burnett in one of the latter's television movie spoofs.
The plot is beyond ridiculous and how Brad Pitt allowed himself to be in this nonsense is beyond me. Fortunately, he takes a bullet earlier on, so he is soon out of the mix.
Richard Jenkins is as dull as ever. This guy has no charisma whatsoever as we saw last year in his Oscar nominated performance.
I shall not even comment on Clooney's performance simply because the film is so wretched. It is disjointed at best with a ridiculous ending as well. Of course, by then, you don't care because you're so fed up with what you have already viewed.