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All teen and kid reviews for Burn After Reading

Age
14
Average rating based on 13 kid and teen reviews:
  • 69% say language is an issue
  • 62% say violence is an issue
  • 62% say sexual content is an issue
Teen, 17 years old
June 10, 2010
 
For mid-teens, but adults would enjoy it most
It was so-so, the Coen brothers are one of my favorites but this didn't do it for me, because I thought the plot was confusing. If I was older I would've prabably understood it more.

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Teen, 16 years old
August 30, 2009
 
Good movie with a dark, "lesson learned" outcome
I like this Cohen brothers movie because it teaches that violence and lies get you no where in the professional world.

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Kid, 9 years old
January 16, 2011
 
Good for 7+
GREAT!

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Teen, 16 years old
July 30, 2010
 
Really nothing to write home about...
There's nothing special about this movie, and although I'm never bothered by cursing, the amount in this movie is just ridiculous....

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Teen, 16 years old
January 19, 2010
 
Without Brad Pitt the movie would have been a disaster. But they had him so it was okay.

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Teen, 14 years old
February 27, 2011
 
Check my page for other great recommendations.
I'm not here to give a review because if it shows up on my page its a 5 star movie and so therefore you know what i think about it.

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Teen, 18 years old
July 27, 2009
 

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Teen, 16 years old
June 24, 2009
 
e.g. Perfect for older kids, but not for tweens
LOL SO FUNNY

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Kid, 12 years old
April 27, 2009
 
Quit makin' films, Cohen.
Dosen't get much dumber than this.

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Teen, 14 years old
December 31, 2009
 
This Movie Is Terrible.Totally Innapropriate
This Movie Sucks. First of all the funniest character gets shot in the head halfway into the movie. A guy makes a sex machine that you sit on and a sex toy shoots up. At the end the only character who isn't either a liar or a cheater gets butchered to death. All other characters except for the guy who gets butchered are mean & greedy liars. They say every foul word including but not limited to s***, p*ss, f***, c***, m********ker, c******ker, t*ts, and many more. The story line was horrible. Do not go see this movie. I threw up after I watched it.

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Teen, 17 years old
June 11, 2009
 
See after reading my review.
Burn After Reading proves that the Coen brothers have not lost there touch of comedy or drama they put an eerie sound to the movie and dumb funny characters to add. Very Good.

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Teen, 15 years old
June 22, 2011
 
Christ what a waste of money...
I've never seen a movie so boring, so uninteresting with a lazy ending. The set up is that a women wants to increase her cleavage but doesn't have the cash, and somehow finds important information on a CD which I think was from the FBI or CIA. She figures if she returns it, she'll get a reward and somehow this leads to people hearing about it and trying to kill and lie to get it. The movie takes this simple idea and just makes it go on forever and making it complex as possible. It's not intended for kids since its dark, has sexual references but maybe its because its boring, drags on forever and it isn't funny.

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Teen, 16 years old
December 27, 2008
 
Dumb comedy, not worth watching.
This is a pretty dumb, pointless movie. There are 2 killing scenes, which they try to make out as funny. The people seem to not know how to say sentences without swearing, and there is a lot of sex. The whole film has about no point to it and should not be watched at any age.

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