George Clooney
Miles Massey
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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. But Rex's ex-wife, Marylin, who is no saint and is a gold-digger, plots to take revenge on Miles.
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- Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- 2003-10-10
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Donovan Donaly, a TV soap opera producer, walks in on his wife Bonnie being intimate with an ex-boyfriend. He files for divorce, and Bonnie hires Miles Massey, a top divorce attorney and the inventor of the "Massey pre-nup", a completely foolproof prenuptial agreement. Miles wins a large property settlement against Donaly, leaving him broke. Privat...
Intolerable Cruelty is the Coens' first job as writers-for-hire. It was based on an original concept by John Romano, author of The Third Miracle (Agnieszka Holland, 1999) and had been developed into a screenplay by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone, who wrote Big Trouble (Barry Sonnenfeld, 2002) and Life (Ted Demme, 1999). Among the script doctors wh...
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 187 reviews, with an average rating of 6.80/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though more mainstream than other Coen films, there are still funny oddball touches, and Clooney and Zeta-Jones sizzle like old-time movie stars." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScoregave the...
Box office
The film opened with a gross of $12.5 million. By the end of its run, it had grossed $35.3 million in the United States and $85.5 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $120.8 million.
Intolerable Cruelty is scored by Carter Burwell, in his tenth collaboration with the Coen Brothers. The soundtrack album features a variety of pop songs and cues from Burwell's score. "The Boxer", first by Simon and Garfunkel and then as covered by Colin Linden, opens and closes the album. A Canadian blues musician, Linden had previously participat...
Intolerable Cruelty at IMDbIntolerable Cruelty at AllMovieIntolerable Cruelty at Box Office MojoIntolerable Cruelty at Rotten TomatoesOct 10, 2003 · Miles Massey (George Clooney) is an exceptional divorce lawyer who specializes in saving cheating husbands from having to pay expensive settlements. Unchallenged, he wearies of his life -- until ...
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- Joel Coen
- PG-13
- George Clooney
Oct 10, 2003 · Reviews. Intolerable Cruelty. Roger Ebert October 10, 2003. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The camera just stands there and gawks at Catherine Zeta-Jones, and so does George Clooney, and so do we. She goes on the list with Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr. It's not a long list.
Summaries. Miles, a high-profile divorce lawyer, wins a case for his rich but adulterous client Rex Rexroth. But Rex's ex-wife, Marylin, who is no saint and is a gold-digger, plots to take revenge on Miles. Miles Massey, a prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney has everything--and in some cases, two of everything.
Intolerable Cruelty. A slick divorce lawyer sets up an alluring golddigger in court to rescue her cheating husband, only to fall in love with her himself. 1,992 IMDb 6.3 1 h 39 min 2003. X-Ray PG-13. Comedy · Drama · Cerebral · Charming. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.59. Buy. HD $14.99. More purchase. options.
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
