Its star studded cast which includes George Clooney (Harry Pfarrer), Frances McDormand (Linda Litzke), John Malkovich (Osbourne Cox), and Tilda Swanton (Katie Cox)delivered awesome performances but special mention should be of Brad Pitt’s role (Chad Feldheimer) in this movie. He might just be the support but his innocence is believable and played a vital part in the plot.

Burn After Reading is a comedy that lets makes you use your brain rather than leave it outside the ticket counter. But you must not over analyze it. When you do, you’ll miss the fun and the genius that the Coen Brothers has embedded into this film.

Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich): You are part of a league of morons. Oh, yes. You see you’re one of the morons I’ve been fighting my whole life. But guess what. Today, I win.

*Spoiler*
Basically the plot is about Osbourne Cox, a CIA analysis that quit his job. Then somewhere along the way, a copy of his memoire got lost and found by Chad Feldheimer and Linda Litzke. Cox’s wife Katie is having an affair with Harry Pfarrer, a womanizer who has a fling with Linda. Linda wanted plastic surgery done on her to look younger. Cut the story short, Harry accidentally killed Chad and went into hiding. Osbourne was killed by a CIA agent while hacking Chad and Linda’s boss. Linda got her wish of plastic surgery.