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Intolerable Cruelty

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Intolerable Cruelty
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PG13,1hr 40min
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October 10, 2003
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Universal Pictures
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Something not seen in movie theaters for a long time: an intelligent, modern screwball comedy, a minor classic on the order of competent, fast-talking curve balls about deception and greed like Mitchell Leisen's "Easy Living" and Billy Wilder's "Major and the Minor." Full Review
Metascore
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71
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Miles Massey
Marylin Rexroth
Donovan Donnelly
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George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones promote "Intolerable Cruelty" at the Venice Film Festival in...
Catherine Zeta-Jones promotes "Intolerable Cruelty" at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on Sept. 3,...
Catherine Zeta-Jones attends the premiere of "Intolerable Cruelty" in Beverly Hills, Calif., on...
George Clooney, left, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Intolerable Cruelty"
Michael Badalucco at the Intolerable Cruelty premiere in Los Angeles on October 01, 2003
Michael Badalucco at the Intolerable Cruelty premiere in Los Angeles on October 01, 2003
Geoffrey Rush at the Intolerable Cruelty premiere in Los Angeles on October 01, 2003
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