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Genres:
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Comedy /
Romance /
Crime
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Director:
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Joel Coen
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Actors:
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Stacey Travis,
Paul Adelstein,
Judith Drake,
George Clooney,
Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Geoffrey Rush,
Cedric the Entertainer,
Edward Herrmann,
Richard Jenkins,
Billy Bob Thornton,
Julia Duffy,
Tom Aldredge,
Jack Kyle,
Irwin Keyes
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Duration:
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95 min.
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Rating:
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(6.4/10)117.5
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Plot Summary:
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George Clooney establishes himself as a true Hollywood talking picture luminary and heir to the Cary Grant throne in this hysterical dark romantic comedy from the Coen brothers. Clooney plays Miles Massey, an unhappy and hermit-like dissolve lawyer who specialises in protecting the wealth of men who deceive been caught cheating close their wives. But when Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones) walks into his office, he thinks he power be in devotion, leading to a thrilling cat-and-mouse battle of the sexes in which audiences not under any condition differentiate who's scamming whom and whether true love is in any case attainable--chiefly when there is a kismet of ready money at migrate.
... Much has been made of the Coens' speculation into mainstream movies, but INTOLERABLE CRUELTY fits in well in their pantheon of unusual and enthusiastically entertaining films, including THE HUDSUCKER Factor, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, and BLOOD Unassuming. Clooney and Zeta-Jones light up the screen, and they thrive extended support from Billy Bob Thornton as a elaborate rural area bumpkin oil magnate, Julia Duffy as a down not much rich girlfriend, Richard Jenkins as a low-hire out King's counsel, Edward Herrmann as a raise-loving disobedient boy, Geoffrey as an original goggle-box maker, Cedric the Entertainer as an wicked GI Joe investigator, and the inimitable Irwin Keyes as hit the human race Wheezy Joe. Brisk-paced dialogue, glorious settings, and Clooney's facial gestures bind for a cyclone film that is both rag and funny. The soundtrack contains tons Simon & Garfunkel songs, in two cases riotously performed close to a folksinging priest and a Las Vegas chapel bagpiper.
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Intolerable Cruelty
Slick romantic comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen. George Clooney stars as a hot-shot Los Angeles divorce lawyer who falls for a woman he previously took apart in court, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones
Hardcore fans of the Coen brothers would be well within their rights to be somewhat fearful of Intolerable Cruelty. The script originated years ago with writing team Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone (Life and Big Trouble), and was subsequently given a polish by the Coens - but never with the intention that they direct it. But after Jonathan Demme, among others, passed and the Coens' own adaptation of James Dickey's 'To The White Sea' collapsed, they came back to the project. While they once collaborated with Sam Raimi (on The Hudsucker Proxy), th...
Intolerable Cruelty
Intolerable Cruelty is so clever, so funny, so suavely entertaining that it comes as a shock to realize that it's not nearly as satisfying as all those qualities would lead you to believe. Despite its manifest strengths and multiple pleasures, this screwball comedy about romance and divorce finally leaves us stranded at the altar, caught off-guard by a chill we should have known was coming.
The sharp humor will not be a surprise to partisans of its creative leaders, writer-director Joel Coen and writer-producer Ethan Coen, who've spent close to two decades turning out a series of sui generis comedies from Raising Arizona through Fargo and O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Though other writers were involved here (the story is by Robert Ramsey & Matthew Stone and J...
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