Intolerable Cruelty

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Genres - Comedy, Drama, Romance, Action, Adventure  |   Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy, Screwball Comedy, Sophisticated Comedy  |   Release Date - Oct 10, 2003 (USA)  |   Run Time - 100 min.  |   Countries - Norway, United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur

Joel and Ethan Coen take on the classic battle-of-the-sexes screwball comedy with Intolerable Cruelty. George Clooney plays Miles Massey, a high-powered Los Angeles divorce lawyer nearing a midlife crisis. While representing wealthy client Rex Rexroth (Edward Herrmann), Miles meets his match in Rex's gold-digging wife, Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones). He's impressed by her similarly heartless ways of using marriage to fuel an expensive lifestyle, but he still defeats her in court. With Marilyn looking to get her revenge and Miles finding himself attracted to her, the two engage in a ruthless romantic pursuit to out-swindle each other. Billy Bob Thornton shows up in a small role as Texas oil tycoon Howard Doyle.

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Keywords

golddigger, lawyer, divorce, fortune [wealth], husband, marriage-of-convenience, revenge

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High Production Values