Burn After Reading Today

: Almost every character is self-absorbed to a ridiculous degree, often calling others "morons" while failing to see their own glaring ineptitude. Futility and Nihilism

Joel and Ethan Coen have described the film as a story of "dueling idiots". Burn After Reading

: The "smartest" characters are actually the high-level CIA bureaucrats who realize the situation is a meaningless "cluster f---" and simply aim to contain the mess rather than solve it. A "Smart Movie" About Stupidity : Almost every character is self-absorbed to a