They read it and find it belongs to a CIA man named Osborne Cox ( John Malkovich), who has just been fired for alcoholism. He and Linda meet, and seem to like each other, and then Linda and Chad find a computer disc at the gym. (It's one of those Jack Lemmony kind of names that sounds like a cough, but I don't remember anyone saying it in the movie, just as nobody said "Chigurh" in " No Country for Old Men." Those boys, what kidders.) Harry also looks for dates on the Web, and, in general terms, will happily date anyone. "I've gotten about as far as this body can take me," she decides.Ĭlooney is a happily married man named Harry Pfarrer. In a scene of astonishing frankness (using a body double, I think), she submits to a merciless going over by a plastic surgeon and decides to have some work done on her thighs, abdomen, breasts, underarms and eyes. This despite her conviction that she's far from perfect. She plays Linda Litzke, one of Chad's fellow instructors, and is looking for her perfect match on the Web.
What do I mean about "something more"? There is a poignance in the roles played by Frances McDormand and George Clooney, both looking for love in all the wrong places.
I've always thought of him as a fine actor, but here he reveals a dimension that, shall I say, we haven't seen before. The characters are zany, the plot coils upon itself with dizzy zeal, and the roles seem like a perfect fit for the actors - yes, even Brad Pitt, as Chad, a gum-chewing, fuzzy-headed physical fitness instructor. The Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading" is a screwball comedy that occasionally becomes something more.
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