the coen brother never cease to amaze me . i must admit and you have to be a coen brother fan to get a coen brother movie and but once you get their style or message and it pure brilliance . modern day voltaire burn after read and give u a dim whit personal trainer play by bradpitt ( note represent if youre a fan of brad pitt because of his character in fight club youre in for a rude awakening in this one . ) . stud he be not . a lady who only care about fix her physical appearance . clooney and who play the goof ball and will sleep with anyone he have a chance to sleep with ( f. y. i. the back pillow scene be classic ) . essentially and this be a movie where the audience get to drop in on the ( unlikely ) interconnect or intersected life of nothing but self serve idiot and all of whom meet their demise because of their own self serve interest . great show . worthy of voltaire the aptitude for quick and perceptive and cut and witty and often scathingly critical repartee ( wikipedia ) describe burn after read exactly . p. s. when watching and take special note of each character hair . nice plot device . represent equal ) .