Top 5 Spy Comedies

#4:

‘Burn After Reading’ (2008)

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When two bumbling but loveable fitness instructors find the digital memoirs of a CIA agent they decide to cash-in on the sensitive data to fund their plastic surgery dreams, things quickly get out of hand in a web of espionage and blackmail which engulfs everyone around in this bizarre black comedy from the acclaimed “Coen Brothers”.

While not the most unforgettable in a long line of memorable flicks from the Coens, ‘Burn After Reading‘ is one of the more unique and original Spy-comedies abandoning pure slapstick & spoof for a black-comedy of errors, where hapless fools get themselves and smarter people into a lot of trouble within a slightly surreal world of Washington politics.

With an all-star cast that features Academy award-winners Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and J.K. Simmons as well as the delightfully strange John Malkovich and Messrs Pitt & Clooney of course, ‘Burn After Reading’ is a Spy-comedy with a “Coenesque” sensibility and a welcome change from all the parodies in the sub-genre.

Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen and starring Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and George Clooney among others.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

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