Burn after Reading
- set item rating to 0.5 out of 5.
- set item rating to 1 out of 5.
- set item rating to 1.5 out of 5.
- set item rating to 2 out of 5.
- set item rating to 2.5 out of 5.
- set item rating to 3 out of 5.
- set item rating to 3.5 out of 5.
- set item rating to 4 out of 5.
- set item rating to 4.5 out of 5.
- set item rating to 5 out of 5.
Add a Comment
Add Tags
Add More
Save to a List
-
Save to a Shared List
Print
Details
- Description
- Full Record
- Author Notes
- Contents
- Excerpts
- Reviews
- Summary
- A\\V Summary
- Preview
Searching for more content…
Osbourne Cox is a CIA analyst who quits his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, Katie, wants a divorce and, based on the advice of her divorce lawyer, she downloads many of his personal and financial files onto a disc. Katie's lover is Treasury agent
… More »Osbourne Cox is a CIA analyst who quits his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, Katie, wants a divorce and, based on the advice of her divorce lawyer, she downloads many of his personal and financial files onto a disc. Katie's lover is Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer. The disc eventually finds its way to Hardbodies, a workout gym. An employee of the gym, Chad Feldheimer obtains the disc and ascertains that it contains classified government information. Along with his fellow employee, Linda Litzke, he intends to use the disc to blackmail Osbourne. When blackmailing him fails, Linda decides to take the information to the Russian embassy. At the embassy, she hands the disc over to the Russians, promising that she will give them more information. Linda and Chad don't have any more information, so they decide to break into Cox's house. This brings about a series of events that no one forsees.
« LessTitle from container.
English or French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles from the deaf and hard of hearing.
DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, single sided.
CPL DVD# 5786799
Community Activity
Age
Add Age Suitability
bdls206 thinks this title is suitable for 17 years and over
Cthulhu thinks this title is suitable for 15 years and over
Summary
Add a SummaryA disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it.
Notices
Add a NoticeSexual Content: This title contains Sexual Content.
Violence: This title contains Violence.
Coarse Language: This title contains Coarse Language.
Coarse Language: Around one hundred profanities.
Violence: Some violence and blood.
Quotes
Add a QuoteOsbourne Cox: If you ever carried out your proposed threat you would experience such a s**t storm of consequences my friend your empty little head would be spinning faster than the wheels of your Schwinn bicycle back there. Chad Feldheimer: Y-you think that's a Schwinn?
Harry Pfarrer: Go around the corner, we'll do it in the back. Katie Cox: You're so coarse. Harry Pfarrer: Back of the car... not the... rear-entry situation...
Osbourne Cox: Some clown, or two clowns, have gotten a hold of my memoirs. Katie Cox: Your what? Osbourne Cox: Stolen it, or I don't know... Katie Cox: Your what? Osbourne Cox: My memoirs, the book I'm writing. Katie Cox: Well why in God's name would anyone think that's worth anything?
Find it at CLEVNET
Loading...
Please keep in mind that some of the content that we make available to you through this application comes from Amazon Web Services. All such content is provided to you "as is". This content and your use of it are subject to change and/or removal at any time.
Comment
Add a CommentKind of entertaining, kind of stupid at times.
George Clooney chews up the scenery & Frances McDormand channels Carol Burnett & Lily Tomlin and Brad Pitt gets shot much too late in this irritatingly unfunny mish-mash. About? Who cares...
One of the better Coen brothers darkly comic movies, terrific acting and typically about stupidity and greed.
A great cast of actors, but a weak story left me bored. This is one I should of skipped.
burn after watching
A light farce. Fun watching this one.
When I watched this, I quipped "Burn after viewing". However, I don't suggest you burn the library copy. I'm sure the book would have been a more interesting read. It is a movie after a book isn't it? I'd call this a Sunday afternoon type movie. It's interesting enough to watch, but not a lot of excitement. It has a similar ending as "The Lady Killers", but without an eccentric old lady getting a million dollars at the end. I was groaning after I saw the end (but it makes sense of the title). It's like one of those stories your grand dad told you that had no message to it, no moral to the story, and nothing left at the end to leave any proof it ever happened.
This is one of those movies you will either love or hate, as I don't see much of a fine line in between here. This movie has lots of funny parts though it still lacking script wise. I would recommend this movie to fans of darker comedies.
Dull, don't even bother.
An interesting character piece with several threads intertwined and some great out of character acting for some of the folks in the story. I liked it.