Burn After Reading is my favorite Coen brothers movie and that is a hill I will die on.

It's obviously not anything that could win an Academy Award like No Country for Old Men or Fargo but it is a comedy of errors so absurd that I was sucked in immediately by its characters and their desires. Fargo was a comedy of errors in as well, as many others in their catalog, but boy howdy this one is just so goofy and outrageous it is just so much more fun to watch.

Like you said: The cast makes this film. Pitt is the shining star, but Frances McDormand really shows her range when pitted against other roles she's had like in Three Billboards. This movie is also where I discovered Richard Jenkins, one of my favorite character actors today.

It is a very regular rewatch for me, probably my most-rewatched Coen film.