CIA analyst Osborne Cox resigns from his job in a furious rage and writes a tell-all book as revenge on his former bosses. However, a computer disk containing the manuscript falls into the hands of two gym employees, who make a disastrous attempt to sell it to the Russians. Coen brothers comedy, starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton.

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.