It's finally here, people! After its premiere at the Venice Film Festival back in August, Burn After Reading is released in cinemas nationwide today.
The Coen brothers' film follows two gym employees, Chad (Brad Pitt) and Linda (Frances McDormand), who find a CD containing data belonging to a former CIA analyst (John Malkovich). They attempt to blackmail him, but he's more concerned about his his wife (Tilda Swinton), who is having an affair with a womanizer (George Clooney). When Chad and Linda try to sell the secrets to the Russians they set off a series of twists that provide lots of laughs.
It unsurprisingly debuted at number one in the US, and my girl Buzz is a fan. Check out the trailer below and let me know: will you see it, or do you think you'll skip it?
Possibly seeing this tonight!
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