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24 Post author: sixes_and_sevens 25 April 2012 12:12PM

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 26 April 2012 09:40:58AM 4 points [-]

a movie about stupid people doing stupid things

This is essentially the premise of "Burn after Reading".

Comment author: [deleted] 26 April 2012 01:07:47PM 2 points [-]

Yes, but it has a clever subtext, which makes all the difference. Cf. Jack and Jill.

(I have often have a reaction similar to cloudlicker's when confronted with bad storytelling in books/movies.)