Burn After Reading

• Comedy
• Drama

A darkly comedic and deliberately meandering heist film unfolds as the accidental discovery of a misplaced disc ignites a chain of escalating, absurd paranoia within a web of suburban Washington D.C. lives. The plot isn't driven by grand schemes, but by the spectacularly misguided attempts of ordinary people—a bored housewife yearning for cosmetic enhancement and an oblivious gym instructor—to exploit a situation they completely misunderstand, leading to a hilariously chaotic pursuit fueled by misplaced suspicion and ineptitude. This isn't a story of clever criminals, but of spectacularly average individuals whose clumsy efforts expose the ridiculousness hidden beneath the surface of espionage and domestic discontent, culminating in a strangely anticlimactic and wholly satisfying embrace of utter chaos rather than resolution.