Finally got around to watching this, and I can see why it’s divisive. It’s funny, but it’s also too long - there’s only so many times I can see very similar gags without getting bored with them (and that number is three). But it’s creative, I’ll give it that.
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How can I watch this? I only have Netflix.
You can pay for it. It’s available several places (Amazon, Hulu). Just google “where to watch burn after reading”
I’ve never learned how to watch on Amazon Prime. We are supposed to get Hulu with our T-Mobile account but only primary person can sign up, that’s my daughter. She’s much more tech savvy than I, I’ll have to work on her.
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Alright, good luck!
If you’re with xfinity you can likely get it on demand, since it’s such an old movie (2008).
Hope you get to see it. It’s hysterical.
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We have Xfinity Comcast because we love TiVo and our only choice of provider is Comcast.
Thanks, I’ll attempt.
The only reason we watched it was bc it was playing earlier in the day, so you should be able to 
I recommend the site justwatch.com
They have generally accurate info on where a given film is available to stream/rent/buy digitally, and you can change country as well.
In this case, it seems it’s available if you subscribe to Paramount+ or Fubo, but is otherwise available to rent or purchase from various places including Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and google.
Or you could always get a blu ray, which is yours forever and can’t get revoked by some tech company when they fold.
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+1 for JustWatch, although IMDB.com has been adding more ‘where to watch’ info lately.
I watched Toast, based on Nigel Slater’s childhood. it was very good. Tonight will be the last episode of Mad Men. It has been fun reliving the 60’s.
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For my last movie of the year:
Wicked (2024) - dir. John M. Chu
Back in my youth, I was a theater kid, so I am predisposed to like musicals and overlook the goofier aspects of many of them as part of the form. And within its form, Wicked is a very good movie musical. Or at least, half of one. It is an adaption of Act I of the highly acclaimed musical version of Gregory McGuire’s reimagined prequel to Frank L. Baums Oz books.
How good an adaptation it is, I can’t comment on, having read the novel some twenty-whatever years ago when it was published and having never seen a live stage production (though based on this, I certainly would).
As the leads, Galinda (later shortened to “Glinda”) and Elphaba, Ariana Grande and Cynthia are exactly the kind of performers you need for this sort of production: dynamite singers who can sell that these are people who regularly burst into song.
Jeff Goldblum turns up as the Wizard with thankfully littlemrequired of him vocally. Much better are cameos by Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, who originated Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, in the original Broadway production.
It’s kind of a bummer that they cut things off at Act I. Things do a decent job of at least feeling like a natural stopping point, but it’s obvious there’s more to come. Still, at 2 hours 40 min, things were already pushing the limits of many bladders.
Of particular note, I loved the production design, which hits just enough notes to reference the MGM musical without being big and obvious about it. It’s a nice anchor for most viewers, who probably will only be familiar with Oz from the film.
If Wickedseems like something you might like, I can say this is a very well done version of that sort of thing.
It’s a fun 160 minutes, and that’s not nothing.
4/5 metatextual references.
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Jon Chu is a good friend and ex-USC film school classmate of our son. He is amazingly talented and an extremely nice person as well. He’s done other acclaimed work and has a lot more to come. It’s especially gratifying to see his success.
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His family runs a very iconic restaurant in the Bay Area in Los Altos-Chef Chu’s. Been there forever.
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It’s really too bad there wasn’t a movie adaptation back when with the original Broadway cast of Idina Mendel and Kristin Chenoweth — they were superlative.
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His parents used to drive to LA to feed the cast and crew on his student films. Actually usually did Mexican food, though their restaurant is Chinese of course. Great people.
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Both of them have minor parts in the movie.
Great restaurant … at least an hour away from me!
How nice. Something about a famous and talented person that doesn’t make you want to never consume anything they make again.
Note to self: everyone is flawed. Not everyone is an irredeemable monster. Must keep remembering that.
I hate musicals with a red hot passion, but I may just give this a shot. For all the good reasons.
ETA: Oh, wait. 160 minutes? Maybe not.
