With the four high-profile contenders Focus Features’ Burn After Reading(above), Lionsgate’s Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys, Overture’s Righteous Kill and Picturehouse’s The Women, the box office is a bit crowded this weekend as far as adult's wallets are concerned. After a summer full of kid-friendly blockbusters and raunchy comedy it's refreshing to finally be moving into the more meaty fall dramas, but it remains to be seen which of the lot will pass the quality test.
My early take on Burn After Reading is that fans of the darker side of the Coen Brothers' twisted sense of humor will be pleased but that the trailer definitely sells the movie as a lot more light-hearted than it actually is. Also, newly indoctrinated fans from last year's sobering No Country for Old Men may find themselves likewise confused by the level of absurdity found here. Overall, I think you'll find some pretty divisive reactions. Check back on Monday for our full review.
Righteous Kill stars the reanimated corpses of Al Pacino and Robert De Nero as two cops who just don't give a fuck. Guess what, neither does your audience.
