i felt like i need to review this movie because it have be largely misunderstand by many of the reviewer on this site . first off and this be not a movie that be go to show you everything and baby step you through the plot . ( child please leave now and this be an adult movie ) part of the reason why i enjoy this movie so much be because it engage you a the viewer by force you to consider all the event that be happen . try to piece all the randomness together and make sense of all the event unfold in front of you be one of the best aspect of the movie . ( shock a it may be we be force to use our brain . ) . even though the majority of the character appear to have nothing in common and no real relationship with each other and their true connection lie in their action . george clooney invisible thread for instance touch pretty much every single character in the movie even if there be no real interaction between them . there be a deep underlying theme of betrayal and a big brother complex which many of the character develop or exhibit throughout the movie . as far a the acting go each actor play their role very well and i think that some viewer be disappoint because they be expect a more developed brad pitt or george clooney relationship a be the case with most of their movie . a for the humor and it lie in a darker corner underneath the character dialogue . this film make best use of what i would like to call situational comedy . ( like take the classified information to the russian ( the embassy . ) so that they could collect some sort of reward ) . the brief scene with the cia be quite amuse a they mostly sit on the sideline throughout the movie and clean up after the mess which be leave behind after the seemingly simple firing of one mr. cox . i be always pleasantly surprise by how original this movie be and how it almost make fun of all the stereotypical hollywood bull that be fill with most movie today . one of the way you can tell a movie be good be if you watch it multiple time and still find something new or amusing in the story each time . bottom line represent if you be look for a story that be more than skin deep ( which the coen brother be notorious for ) then you have come to the right place . for everyone else where think hurt your head and go watch the new transformer movie . on a side note to the one reviewer who think clooney shoot brad out of no where and if you have actually bother to pay attention during the movie you could see that when clooney open the closet the first thing he grab for be his gun hang on the wall . then because of his yeeaars of service a an air marshal his training kick in and out of instinct he shoot before he think . ( this may be also partly due to his paranoia of be follow by spook ) .