Intolerable Cruelty

The Coen brothers head into rom-com territory for their latest release. He's a smart divorce lawyer, she's one of his victims. But then she decides to hire him for her upcoming wedding to a wealthy Texan. One thing leads to another as he struggles to control his hormones while she works her charm on him. They're both aware that neither is entirely on the level, yet they can't deny the attraction between them. What's going to win -- love or money?

98 minutes.
No persons under 10 (Language) .
Comedy, Romance

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Here's looking at you, kid....

Credits

Cast	George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric the Entertainer, Edward Herrmann, Paul Adelstein
Director	Joel Coen
Screenplay	Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, John Romano
Music	Carter Burwell
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in	2003
Produced by	Alphaville Films, Imagine Entertainment, The KL Line

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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
The Moviesite Ian Douglas	9
Cape Argus Theresa Smith	10
The Cape Times Anthony Quinn	10
The Star Tanya Farber	12
Die Burger Gabriël Botma	15
Tygerburger Mariana Malan	15
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	15
Sunday Times Damon Boyd	15
eye Weekly Jason Anderson	10
Box Office Michael Tunison	10
ReelViews James Berardinelli	18
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert	13
What the People say
Internet 1378 Netizens	14
Average .. 64%	13

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: Mmm I don't think this is the best effort from the Coen brothers. Although billed as a romantic comedy (and it does indeed have elements of one) it is more a romantic farce. It starts off over the top, and frequently veers back there, instead of being more straight comedy. Although there are a few good laughs, these are infrequent, I found it more silly than funny much of the time. The leading man has a tooth-fetish (as opposed to his hair gel fetish in O Brother), while Catherine doesn't really do much except float around looking gorgeous. In all, a bit disappointing, given the Coen brothers' pedigree.

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Intolerable Cruelty

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 64%

Visitor Comments