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Release Date:
12 September 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
Intelligence is relative.Plot:
A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it. | full synopsisNewsDesk:
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One for the narcissist in all of us.... moreUS Showtimes:
(register to personalize)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | George Clooney | ... | Harry Pfarrer |
 | Frances McDormand | ... | Linda Litzke |
 | John Malkovich | ... | Osbourne Cox |
 | Tilda Swinton | ... | Katie Cox |
 | Brad Pitt | ... | Chad Feldheimer |
 | Richard Jenkins | ... | Ted Treffon |
| Elizabeth Marvel | ... | Sandy Pfarrer |
 | David Rasche | ... | CIA Officer |
 | J.K. Simmons | ... | CIA Superior |
 | Olek Krupa | ... | Krapotkin |
| Michael Countryman | ... | Alan |
 | Kevin Sussman | ... | Divorce Lawyer #1 |
| J.R. Horne | ... | Divorce Lawyer #2 |
 | Hamilton Clancy | ... | Peck |
| Armand Schultz | ... | Olson |
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Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence.Parents Guide:
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Canada:96 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:R (certificate #44448) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-13 | Australia:MA | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Sweden:15 | Norway:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB)Filming Locations:
Bronx Community College - University Avenue at West 181 Street, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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Director Trademark: [Joel Coen] [kubrick]The sound emitted by the homing scanner from Bowman's space pod in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is heard in the opening titles. Harry Pfarrer's house number is 114, a nod to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Linda and Chad are at the Russian Embassy the picture behind Linda and Chad on office wall is Boris Yeltsin's portrait, than in security camera shot, showing Cahd and Linda waiting for Krapotkin, the portrait is of Vladimir Putin. moreSoundtrack:
CIA Man moreFAQ
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Burn is not the best Coen comedy, it has it's moments, but really it's a tale about narcissism and narcissists - and the lack of intelligence that gets you there.
The plot is fun in a French farce sort of way and the characters are flawed enough to be fun too; but it's the dark side of human nature, the underbelly, those little vanities that we all contain that pushes this forward.
For my money it was OK, didn't love it all, didn't hate it all, it's watchable - found the use of the F-word a little deadening after a while, Malkovitch deserves better; but all in all pretty much what you'd expect from a Coen project.
Passable, but not great...