 Critical response was mostly positive, with nominations at both the Golden Globes and the BAFTA awards.Faced with a demotion at work due to an alleged drinking problem, Osbourne "Ozzie" Cox (Malkovich) angrily quits his job as a CIA analyst and decides to write a memoir.When his pediatrician wife Katie (Swinton) finds out, she sees it as an opportunity to file for divorce and continue her affair with Harry Pfarrer (Clooney), a married U.S.