Burn After Reading

IMDB: Burn After Reading

Source: Netflix

Date viewed: February 19, 2009

Clooney and Pitt are too much themselves to work as "ordinary" people in this movie. Malkovich, on the other hand, manages to pull it off. Overall, too much "clever idea," too little heart. The story never generates enough heat to burn before, during, or after watching. - A

The scenes I enjoyed best were the ones in the CIA guy's office, which I believe were the heart of the movie, and I agree that the overall concept was better than the execution. Also, nobody's very likable, which, while not really a flaw per se, doesn't make a so-so movie any better. - T