Synopsis
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
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Cast
- George ClooneyMiles
- Catherine Zeta-JonesMarilyn
- Geoffrey RushDonovan Donaly
- Cedric the EntertainerGus Petch
- Edward HerrmannRex Rexroth
- Paul AdelsteinWrigley
- Richard JenkinsFreddy Bender
- Billy Bob ThorntonHoward D. Doyle
- Julia DuffySarah Sorkin
- Jonathan HadaryHeinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy
Recommendations
- 88
ReelViews
Takes the traditional romantic comedy and tweaks it by way of "The War of the Roses." Rarely has strife between the sexes been so ruthless, so civilized, and so funny. - 80
Village Voice
Zeta-Jones is merely ravishing, but Clooney owns the film. Ordinarily best at sardonic, man's-man confidence, he strides through Intolerable Cruelty with fantastic screwball zest. To see Clooney tenderize, season, grill, and serve this ham hock of a role is to see an old-fashioned virtuoso in perpetual motion. - 80
Film Threat
Probably the Coen’s funniest movie since “Raising Arizona.” - 75
Rolling Stone
Near the end of this smart, speedy romantic farce, the comic engine hits a wall and sputters. Until then, this Coen brothers film -- easily their silliest -- is fueled by a screwball fizz that keeps the laughs popping. - 75
Charlotte Observer
The results have the Coens' usual tartness most of the way, before turning soft and gooey at the center. - 70
Variety
A thoroughly entertaining comedy about love, lawyers and fat divorce settlements. While a slight imbalance in the romantic formula stops it just short of truly soaring, the crackling dialogue and buoyant wordplay make this a delightful throwback to classic screwball comedies. - 70
Dallas Observer
The first half of Intolerable Cruelty is more than tolerable; it's a dopey kick full of goofy jokes tossed off so quickly you're reminded less of bickering-bantering Grant and Rosalind Russell than Groucho and Chico Marx. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The Coen brothers had a golden opportunity to make a darkly humorous, deliciously clever battle of the sexes, and they let it slip through their fingers. Instead, the duo... settled for a broad farce that is long on manic, cartoonish behavior and short on intelligence and wit.
