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Dominican Rep. Burn After Reading
- Original title
- Burn After Reading
- Year
- 2008
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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George Clooney
Frances McDormand
Brad Pitt
John Malkovich
Tilda Swinton
Richard Jenkins
Elizabeth Marvel
David Rasche
J.K. Simmons
Olek Krupa- Michael Countryman
Kevin Sussman- J.R. Horne
- Hamilton Clancy
- Armand Schultz
- Pun Bandhu
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy | Crime. Black Comedy
- Synopsis
- A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it. CIA agent Osbourne Cox is writing his memoirs after getting fired from the CIA. The disc containing the memoirs is discovered in the female locker room at the gym, where it was left by mistake by the secretary of Katie Cox's divorce lawyer. Katie had downloaded the information secretly so her divorce lawyer would have ammunition for their case.
Assuming that the disc contains vital classified information, gym employee Linda Litzke and her co-worker Chad Feldheimer decide to sell the info to the highest bidder. Feeling the sands of time running through her sagging figure, Linda needs the money for a series of expensive plastic surgeries but her quest for beauty sets in motion an unanticipated string of deadly, comical disasters.- Awards
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2008: 2 Nominations for Golden Globe: Best comedy, Best actress (McDormand)2008: 3 Nominations for BAFTA: Best Screenplay, Sup. Actor (Pitt) and Sup. Actress (Swinton)2008: Nominated for Critics' Choice Awards: Best Comedy Movie2008: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Screenplay2008: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Films (In alphabetical order).
- Critics' reviews
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"This is not a great Coen brothers' film. Nor is it one of their bewildering excursions off the deep end. It's funny, sometimes delightful, sometimes a little sad (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)."
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"After the portentous 'No Country for Old Men,' Joel and Ethan Coen return to their trademark brand of cruel, misanthropic farce, and for dark laughs and hurtling narrative momentum this spy caper is their best work since 'Fargo'"
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"Shallow and proud of it, an antic cartoon that lacks the comic inspiration to go the distance."
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"A goofy screwball romp that affords a gaggle of A-listers the chance to hambone around in antic style"
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- 17 My Top 10 Movies from 2008 (243)
- 83 My Favorite Comedies (172)
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