Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

A romantic comedy about a man who wins in court and a woman who courts to win.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Written By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Billy Bob Thornton, George Clooney, Edward Herrmann, Bruce Campbell, Cedric the Entertainer, Geoffrey Rush, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Irwin Keyes, Blake Clark, Stacey Travis, Paul Adelstein
Country: USA
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Intolerable Cruelty belongs to 16 collections
1. Black Comedy (collaborative: moderated by Dorkovsky - 30 stars)
2. AAA: Empire's five star movies (collaborative: moderated by KasperL - 24 stars)
3. Roger Deakins, Cinematographer (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 5 stars)
4. Orange & Teal (collaborative: moderated by shalev - 5 stars)
5. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)
6. Triumvirate of Oscar Winning Actors/Actresses in the Cast (3 or more) (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx - 4 stars)
7. Directed collaboratively (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
8. Carter Burwell (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross - 1 star)
9. Directed by siblings (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
10. jj-lib-movies (public: junggle - 1 star)
11. Divorce (collaborative: moderated by Nouilles)
12. Ratings (collaborative: moderated by cheapthrills)
13. Coen Brothers (collaborative: moderated by mattorama12)
14. Coen Brothers (public: buckdeville)
15. 2003: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
16. seen (public: gamzeknc)
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gork | 60 47th |
Where's all the hate coming from?
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cult_of_same | 5 4th |
See title.
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TheDenizen | 65 51st |
A divorce lawyer going through a midlife crisis falls for the gold digging ex-wife of one of his clients, with the expected disastrous results. The plot is not as labyrinthine as other Coen scripts (Marilyn's long con is pretty obvious from the jump), and the two main characters are fairly despicable, making it hard to care about them or their potential romance. However, this one is more about the journey than the destination, and there are plenty of funny bits along the way. RIP Wheezy Joe.
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nauru | 32 23rd |
Another rather dull disappointment from the Coen brothers. Still trying to figure out why people rave about them so much...
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Hawkins | 60 25th |
Two cynical divorce vets discover they can find real love as long as they're both super good looking
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Quintonjamin | 70 65th |
I actually thought this was pretty funny with a fantastic cast. As someone else said, it probably doesn't have the depth of their other work, but I thought it was really enjoyable.
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MartinTeller | 71 37th |
Not the best Coen brothers film, but not the worst. Pretty funny most of the time. You really have to ignore certain implausibilities, though.
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doctor7 | 65 45th |
It's better than your average romantic comedy in my opinion and it does have it's share of hilarious moments and I really enjoyed George Clooney in the lead. However it never really escapes the fact that it is a romantic comedy with it's share of cliches, which it good or bad considering what type of viewer you are. For me that's a negative.
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Fairly entertaining rom-com, but not up to snuff with other Coen's Bros. films. Funny in parts, and both Clooney and Zeta Jones do their best with the material, but it just doesn't come completely together.
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TheDiceman | 55 49th |
Not the Coen brothers best, but not a bad film.
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Kojiless | 30 32nd |
I could watch Catherine Zeta-Jones' cleavage all day. This movie, not so much.
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twincinema | 60 36th |
Even at their worst, the Coens manage to create an enjoyable romp. It feels like their trying to recreate the screwball comedies of Old Hollywood, although it never reaches those heights.
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Bojangles | 50 38th |
Has some good humor, but the story and characters were a little bit ridiculous.
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rob | 13 66th |
Am I the only person who enjoyed this? A deliciously zany, quintessentially Coen plot, brilliant and brilliantly delivered dialogue, and palpable chemistry between Clooney and Zeta-Jones. It works as a comedy; it works as a romance; it works as a subversion of romantic comedies---and it does absurdity as only the Coens can.
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Wiche | 89 94th |
I Really liked this movie. Joel Coen has made (again) a superb film. George Clooney was really brilliant in the role of a lawyer who's a little crazy and always funny. It was genius of Coen to do it this way, and the humor used in the film is also.. Genius.
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BillyShears | 80 77th |
Even the fluff the Coen brothers pull out is SOLID GOLD BABY, well sorta.
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Luna6ix | 83 83rd |
I was under the assumption it would completely suck, but it didn't. Cloony and Zeta-Jones had some great chemistry, and Coen did a stand-up job, even if he didnt write this one.
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TV+Film-Hub | 15 71st |
Too much non-sense and not enough humor, too much dialog and not enough romance; and drama, not a chance.
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omgfridge | 3 27th |
Bit of a misfire.
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AndreasThau | 30 12th |
Oh, this must be verbally punished for trying so hard to be so much, being so very nothing. Somewhere in there you can smell the witty and clever pen of the Coen's that can usually charm the most stubborn of mules. But repeatedly it's wasted; either by the underachieving, exagerated acting, or by the story that is borderline indifferent. It's a bad version of the humor in Burn After Reading, ending as a giant solicitor freak-show. I found happiness ONLY in good ol' Billy Bob, cracking as always.
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Rufam | 55 21st |
O Brothers, What Have Ye Done? Don't get me wrong, "Intolerable Cruelty" is by no means a bad film -in fact, it's better than the average rom-com, because it is very funny in parts and the acting is top-notch, but it's not up to par with what we've come to except from the shrewd Coen brothers. The first half is good enough and features a hilarious court scene, but the second half is totally underwhelming, and employs all the typical clichés of the romantic comedy. A decent misfire.
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TrixRabbi | 73 38th |
It's clearly a Coen film but just feels rushed and at times uninspired. Some really funny moments, and George Clooney feels like a modern day Cary Grant, but very rough around the edges.
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mattorama12 | 62 40th |
"What, are you nuts? Have you forgotten Kershner!?" There are some really great lines here and individually funny moments. Doesn't (seem to) have the depth of the best of the Coens' work, but it still works.
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lex | 65 19th |
Geoffrey Rush: one of the most tragically underused actors of our time.
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