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12 September 2008 |
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Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence. |
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Overwiew :An ousted CIA official's memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find. |
Starring :
George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, J. K. Simmons, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, Lenny Venito
Directors :
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers :
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robert Graf, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Writers :
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
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USA Today - Claudia Puig
: After their best-picture Oscar for the violent No Country for Old Men, the Coens are back to misanthropic madness.
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B
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Sean Axmaker
: ...one of the Coens' ayful projects...
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B
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San Francisco Chronicle - Walter Addiego
: The actors are having a great time.
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B
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Rolling Stone - Peter Travers
: ...a crazy-quilt comic thriller that takes on our growing national stupidity in the form of a sex farce.
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B
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ReelViews - James Berardinelli
: This is a thriller with a high quotient of comedic elements or, if you prefer, a comedy with a high quotient of thriller elements.
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B
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New York Times - Mahnola Dargis
: ...clubby, predictably self-amused comedy...
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C
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New York Post - Kyle Smith
: Most audiences will find it a head-scratcher with a dismaying act of violence and a haphazard plot that fizzles out without any of the main characters on-screen.
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B-
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Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan
: A bleakly funny spoof on spy films as well as a melancholy riff on despairing lives...
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B+
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Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt
: The Coen brothers are in a goofy mood as pure lunacy engulfs a spy thriller.
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B+
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filmcritic.com - Bill Gibron
: ...even in the clichéd arena of affairs of the heart, the boys are capable of something subversive, and quite special.
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B
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Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum
: ...overplowed...
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C
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E! Online - Alex Markerson
: ...a welcome return to form after such throwaways as The Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty.
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B+
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Chicago Tribune - Geoff Berkshire
: ...perfectly good but never truly great.
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B
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Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
: ...a screwball comedy that occasionally becomes something nobr>
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B
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Robinson says @ Monday - September 15,2008
Very disappointing movie. There is no story at all. I couldn't figure out what was going on. Brad looked ok and so did George. That was the only good part of the movie. | | | vcvxcv replies @ Tuesday - January 06,2009
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Dina says @ Monday - September 15,2008
A funny movie. Fun and entertaining throughout! The whole theater was laughing non-stop from beginning to end. Brad Pitt was awesome. | | | | Reply | | |
Karen says @ Monday - September 15,2008
A classic movie. Great comedy with superb performances by the entire cast. Brad Pitt is hilarious, but the small part played by John Malkovich is the best character of all. | | | | Reply | | |
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