Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading

Film Details

Year

2008

Duration

92 minutes

Genres

Comedy

Language

English

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Synopsis

For about fifteen minutes, Burn After Reading appears to be a slick spy conspiracy thriller whose main character is an embittered CIA agent by the name of Osbourne Cox. But then Cox's memoirs fall into the hands of a couple of dim-witted gym employees who think they have a saleable top secret on their hands - and the film becomes a frantic comedy about the havoc caused by idiots who are absolutely convinced they're actually incredibly clever. The famously madcap Coen brothers made the film, and Brad Pitt and George Clooney star.

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15 Classification

Contains strong language, sex references and brief bloody violence

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