I watched this movie because of George Clooney. Brad Pitt, never a good actor but relentlessly hyped up by Hollywood, surprisingly has a short sweet role. The best role was for Francis McDormand, who as a middle aged woman, wants to have all the surgeries to look attractive and desirable.
This movie did have me cracked up, with some very imaginative sequences and the bumbles.Anyhow, the movie plot develops around Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) a CIA agent, frustrated with its working style, quits the agency and begins writing up a memoir.
His wife, (Tilda Swinton) is in turn a sheets buddy with George Clooney, who has a weird interest in developing a chair (to be revealed in the movie) and a sexual freak, and there are two gym employees, who happen to get the CD of the memoir Osbourne is writing and try to extort money from him.
Memorable scenes:
The scenes revolving Francis and Brad, trying to blackmail Osbourne over the phone and they going over to Russian Embassy in trying to get some quick cash.
Brad pitt getting killed in the closet of George clooney’s room. Francis trolling for humourous men online, meeting a guy who does not laugh when everyone else is laughing at a movie sequence.
Richard Jenkins, manager of the 2 gym employees, breaking into Osbourne Cox’s house and the bewildered look on him when he is caught red handed and his rush to escape.
CIA boss and his aide not making any head and tail about these characters background and stories. The end credits song "CIA Man" was very funny indeed.