Alicia I love this movie so much

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

TownRootGuy It took me 14 years to get to the point I could watch this and like it but I got there. This has some eye candy AND you shouldn't laugh at divorce. You will but you shouldn't. It's a solid RomCom, if that's your thing. I can watch it every 5 - 7 years.

Python Hyena Intolerable Cruelty (2003): Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen / Cast: George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric the Entertainer: Dark comedy that dances between humour and drama. It contains the wit viewers expect from a Coen brothers film but it hardly compares to superior films such as Blood Simple and The Big Lebowski. George Clooney plays a successful divorce attorney and Catherine Zeta-Jones is the latest victim whose husband was caught on camera having an affair. Clooney brought victory to her husband yet she soon marries a millionaire and he sees it as a scam for his money. Very clever but the conclusion is unconvincing due to trust. Joel and Ethan Coen score again thanks to Clooney's charm and Zeta-Jones's unreadable seduction. However, are viewers to believe that this relationship will actually survive? Supporting roles had potential but they are either seldom seen or not necessary. Billy Bob Thornton is underused as the millionaire. Geoffrey Rush as an irate husband is funny yet unnecessary. Cedric the Entertainer is featured as a private investigator out nosing around. Plus his court herring brings more sorrow than humour. On one hand the film features the Coen wit but on the other the humour doesn't excel. Theme questions relationships and trust on the bounds of toleration. Score: 7 / 10

alan_paul George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones anchor a strong cast, but ultimately only elevate this film to B-grade. The tone of the storytelling jumps from real to screwball, as if a smart version and a stupid version of the story were filmed at the same time and then edited together at random. George Clooney in Las Vegas; what a novel concept. And Catherine Zeta-Jones married to someone a quarter-century older stretches credibility a bit (no, wait, perhaps that is plausible). For an optimal viewing experience, watch this movie somewhere in the middle of your Coen Brothers movie marathon. Also recommended: popcorn and a beverage, a mid-movie intermission, or some other mild distractions to break up the slightly bloated 100 minute running time.

zardoz-13 A madcap comedy of errors about matrimony and divorce, "Intolerable Cruelty" is simultaneously both fast-paced as well as satirical. Leading man George Clooney is the epitome of the Warner Brothers cartoon character Wile E. Coyote, while leading lady Catherine Zeta-Jones qualifies as the Road Runner. Clooney plays the sartorially elegant Miles Massey, a crackerjack divorce attorney who can always be counted on to find enough wiggle room to his clients out of virtually any predicament, and Zeta-Jones plays gold-digging vamp Marilyn Rexroth, a serial millionaire divorcée, who seems to outwit the sagacious Miles at every turn. This lightweight, often frothy, romantic comedy appropriates the theme of divorce, and it posits not surprisingly that compromise lies at the heart of marriage as an institution as well as divorce. Our fiendishly clever courtroom protagonist has drawn up the ultimate solution to every spouse's nightmare: the renowned Massey Pre-Nup, a binding, loop-hole free, pre-marital agreement contract. If you are wealthy and you don't want to split everything or worse with your spouse after either you or she has been caught in the arms of another lover, you sign the Massey Pre-Nup. As our hero informs us at one point, the Massey Pre-Nup is the subject of at least one class at the prestigious Harvard Law School.When our vain attorney lays his eyes on Marilyn for the first time in his office, Miles is smitten by this delectable doll and grovels shameless at her feet for her heart. She warns him that such behavior could serve as grounds for getting him disbarred, but he dismisses this threat as a mild inconvenience. The plot revolves around how useful the Massey Pre-Nup is where matters of the heart are concerned. Love, as it turns out, is the one thing that Miles hasn't factored into his prenuptial agreement. When our devious heroine ties the knot with a hopelessly wealthy Texas millionaire, she convinces him to tear up the pre-nup in an act of love. Literally, he eats the document. Like all good movies, "Intolerable Cruelty" comes with several surprises that keep us on our toes. Unfortunately, as much fun as it is, this Coen Brothers' effort doesn't generate the level of hilarity of either "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" or "The Big Lebowski." Nevertheless, it is worth watching and you can have a lot of fun watching it more than once. The cast is uniformly excellent that supports both Clooney and Zeta-Jones. Cedric the Entertainer plays a profane private-eye who lives for the big moment when he can catch philandering couples on video. Coen Brothers' frequent cast member Richard E. Jenkins plays Freddy Bender who acts as Marilyn's attorney. Billy Bob Thornton is amusing as Marilyn's second husband, and Jonathan Hadary steals his only scene during a courtroom sequence as Baron Krauss von Espy who sets our heroine up with likely husband prospects that she can take to the cleaners in divorce court.