Intolerable Cruelty | | Cast : | George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Bob Thornton | | Director : | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | | Studio : | Universal Studios | | Format : | Color, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound | | Released Date : | October 10, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | May 31, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | Watching This Movie Was Intolerable Cruelty!!! | Content
 | In this sorry excuse for a comedy we see Catherine Zeta Jones who plays a gold digging woman.George Clooney plays a slick Divorce Lawyer.These two go head to head in a tussle over money (so what else is new in the world of Lawyers?).That's about all there is to this so called "Comedy". The jokes fall flat and even the presence of the beautiful Ms. Zeta Jones can't save this movie but she does look good in it which is why I have given it 5 stars. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 29, 2005 | | Summary | Amazing!!! | Content
| Absolutely phenominal!! Catherine Zeta-Jones and George Clooney make an awesome team! The storyline is a little different but it has an interesting twist on love, marriage and divorce...mostly divorce! |
| Rating | | | Date | June 28, 2005 | | Summary | Another Good Movie with a happy ending! | Content
| I enjoyed this movie ALMOST as well as "Laws Of Attraction". Some of the antics get a little tiresome but all in all it is well worth the price you can find it for on Amazon (used). The ending makes the whole movie worth while. George Clooney and Catherine Zeta Jones also have a great deal of chemistry on screen. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 31, 2005 | | Summary | A failed screwball comedy | Content
| The biggest problem with this comedy is it never gets funny.
Characters that are overdrawn, but not creatively. And Zeta-Jones is totally wooden.
Clooney Miles Massey is so ridiculous as to not be funny.
Jones as Marilyn Rexroth is so predictable that there is no drama in the plot. You could see the whole plot 10 minutes into the film. A couple of surprise twists would have added a lot, but you are given too much at the opening.
A much better choice would be Steve Martin's "The Man with Two Brains"
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| Rating | | | Date | May 17, 2005 | | Summary | "Only love is in mind if the Masey is signed" | Content
| I have had very good experiences in the past with films by the Coen bothers, and if we add on top of this two good actors like Clooney and Zeta-Jones, this movie had all the elements to be great. Sadly this is not the case, and I found myself watching a dull production that shows some occasional flashes of talent but that is overall pretty boring.
Miles Massey (Clooney) is a divorce lawyer that does not hesitate when it is time to do everything he can to help his clients to get more money. He is swimming in it himself, but is going through a midlife crisis and gets bored easily. He has trouble finding anything that catches his attention; at least until he meets Marylin (Zeta-Jones). She is the wife of one of his clients and is looking to get every penny from her cheating husband and leave him in ruins. In an effort to win the case and save his client, Masey decides to court Marylin and get her to be a cheater too, thus evening the playing field. And that is where the fun is supposed to begin, but it really does not work out all that well.
Clooney and Zeta-Jones do an OK job with the acting, but the script does not have the spark needed to make it really funny. The only real hilarious parts are the first scene in the film and one of the scenes featuring Cedric the Entertainer, who acts the part of a private investigator. The cast also includes Billy Bob Thornton who does his job proficiently in his role of a magnate from Texas. I sure hope the next production from the Coen brothers is better than this one...please! |
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