Cinema: Nothing is as it seems in new Coen comedy

The Coen brothers were always going to struggle to match the Oscar-winning glories of No Country For Old Men, but taken for what it is - a pitch black political comedy - is a fine achievement, made all the more engaging by a series of clipped, breakneck performances from the Coens’ ensemble cast of familiar faces. Burn After Reading

While not an essential film, it is far superior to the brothers’ other recent ...