This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

The reason why the Coen Brother's films are so translucent is partially because of the innovative universes that they have created over the years. Each of them churn out on its own axis effectively to dish out the stories with an even-flowing story matched by plots filled with logic.Seldom has the Coen Brothers made any bad films and are the most creative and most respective collaborators in the Hollywood industry. Some of them might even be qualified as classics one might be held in our minds till eternity. Sadly even the great ones don't always score perfect games. One of the worst films that th Coens worked on was the 1994 big-budgeted "The Hudsucker Proxy". Although it huge on budget in making this movie and was penned by the ever confident Sam Raimi, the movie was plagued by mix of clever satire and the botched Capra corniness. The only saviour to that debale was the witty and clever lines from Jennifer Jason Leigh.Sadly all that clever wittiness in 2003's "Intolerable Cruelty" isn't featured here. The fault isn't entirely at blame with the Coens, but three other writers chimed in and the result was very awkward and very low in terms of energy and poise. There's no telling where one writer stops and where the next one proceeds. If that isn't enough for you to bring this film down, it as also produced by Brian Grazer. It seems that everything he touches turns to dust. Even on his better films, the Coens can still make better film even on their worst occasions. George Clooney stars as Miles Massey, a slick, debonair hot-shot divorce lawyer from Los Angeles who has the appeal that would make Cary Grant weak in the knees. He gets put to the test when his new client a gold-digging ex-wife Marilyn (Catherine Zeta-Jones) walks into his office and now he wants to get on with her romantically. Similar to the 1937 Cary Grant film "An Awful Truth", where in that movie the dialogue is at the most improvised, the scenes were unbearably laughable and Grant was charismatic to the max. In "Intolerable Cruelty", it's nowhere as funny or appealing in any shape or forum. Which is a shame because the Coens are capable to generate hilarity. Think of the opening scene where a rich man (Geoffrey Rush) comes home one day only to discover that the pool boy's truck is located on his driveway. These scenes have been done a myriad times before and better with the best comig from David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive".It breaks my heart to say this, however there are many scnes that drag on too much and that is rare coming from the Coen Brothers. In one particular situation, Miles was at a convention giving out a rather dour speech to his fellow lawyers. Out of nowhere he rips the speech to shards and just randomly improvises a heartfelt speech about love an prosperity and it sounds just as equally mundane. Clooney does try and give his character that much-needed appeal in the similar veins to his performance in "O Brother Where Art Thou"?, Sadly, he just can't old a candle to his performance here than the movie that I aforementioned. If there were some good qualities it would have to come in the amazing cinematography from Roger Deakins and that Zeta-Jones never appeared so stunning in a long time, sadly her character was too chilling, your appeal to her fades away rapidly. It comes to the point that we don't care less if she's the winner or loser in her situations she's up against.There a few Coen traits that are found in "Intolerable Cruelty". Most of it comes from the character of hired killer Wheezy Joe (Irwin Keyes) who provides us with some breath-taking scenes where humour is most needed. I have to ask myself, does this film meet the standards of other comedies even though it was a huge disappointment knowing that it was directed by two great American directors like the Brothers Coen? Certainly, just don't come in uplifting your expectations because it fits right in with other bad comedies like "Dickie Roberts" and "Duplex". It's not the worst film I ever saw, but still utterly forgettable. Even good directors can still make stinkers.

I have to put in a good word for this flick amongst all the negative comments contained here. I thought this was an excellent comedy with a very witty script and some bitingly incisive and off-beat humor (e.g. the decrepit head of Miles' law firm). I have not seen Clooney in a lot of things, but was impressed with his work in "A Beautiful Mind" and was therefore surprised to find how effective he was in this comic role. Actors that can do both comedy and drama well are a rarity. Catherine Zeta-Jones was okay, but who's looking at her acting? The comic interplay between the gold digger and the pick-the-bones-clean divorce lawyer was wonderful.My only criticism was the closing. The comic romp ended rather abruptly and unconvincingly. Then again, we don't expect realism in a film such as this, and the weak finish is a small price to pay for the comic romp that precedes it.

This film tells the story of a beautiful woman who swindles ex-husbands for their wealth by divorce. The plot is clever, as there is always a game to play for the two lead characters. The successful lawyer thinks he's immune to divorce settlements as he has the impeccable prenuptial agreement, yet the sly woman has always got a better trick for him. The power struggle between them is fun and entertaining. This clever game of cat and mouse is very interesting, especially as the stakes gets increasingly higher as time goes on. In addition, the two lead characters are so beautiful and confident, making them slightly different from the usual leads of romantic comedies. I enjoyed watching "Intolerable Cruelty".

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.