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Oct 10, 2003 · Intolerable Cruelty: Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen. With George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric The Entertainer. Miles, a high-profile divorce lawyer, wins a case for his rich but adulterous client Rex Rexroth.
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- Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- 2003-10-10
Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed, co-written and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen, and produced by Brian Grazer and the Coens. The script was written by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone and Ethan and Joel Coen, with the latter writing the last draft of the screenplay.
Miles's aged boss, Herb Myerson (Tom Aldredge), congratulates Miles on his fine work. Marylin wants revenge and gets it with the help of broke soap producer Donaly, whom she finds living on the street clutching his Emmy statuette.
Joel and Ethan are bounteously gifted filmmakers, but sometimes you just want them to lay off the irony and climb down here with the groundlings. Their "Fargo" was a movie that loved its characters, and it's one of the best movies I've ever seen.
Sep 19, 2014 · A throwback screwball about football in the 1920s, the movie—also starring Renee Zellweger and John Krasinski—is not particularly successful, but it’s an amiable diversion. For those interested...
- Christopher Orr
Sep 29, 2023 · Intolerable Cruelty is a wonderful time at the pictures, but it’s got a heart as acidic and comedy as gnarled and black as anything found in the Coens’ more outwardly sinister productions.
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The filmmakers even include a seemingly superfluous scene in which a nervous Miles is called to the office of (very) senior partner Herb Myerson (Tom Aldredge) as an elaborate setup for a brilliant visual sexual metaphor in a return visit.
