Burn After Reading (2008)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.9
Overview
Osbourne Cox, a Balkan expert, resigned from the CIA because of a drinking problem, so he begins a memoir. His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Osbourne Cox, a Balkan expert, resigned from the CIA because of a drinking problem, so he begins a memoir. His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Primary
The film's central subject matter of human folly, incompetence, and bureaucratic indifference lacks an inherent political valence, and its narrative offers no ideologically-driven solution, instead observing chaos with detached cynicism.
Burn After Reading features a cast that is primarily traditional, with no explicit DEI-driven casting choices. The narrative, while satirizing the incompetence and self-absorption of its characters, does not frame traditional identities negatively in a DEI context, nor does it center on DEI themes.
Secondary
Burn After Reading does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a convoluted plot involving espionage, infidelity, and mistaken identities among its heterosexual characters, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Burn After Reading is an original story with characters created specifically for the film. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical figures whose gender could have been swapped.
Burn After Reading is an original screenplay by the Coen Brothers. All characters were created for this film and have no prior established racial identity from source material, previous installments, or real-world history. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.0
6.7
Critic Ratings
7.8
6.3
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