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Title: Intolerable Cruelty

Date Viewed: 10/26/03

Details:

George Clooney

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Geoffrey Rush

Cedric the Entertainer

Edward Herrmann

Director: The Coen Brothers (Joel & Ethan Coen)

Score: 1/2

The Review: Not bad; but, for a Coen brothers effort, not great either.

Vain, preening, teeth-whitening, cynical and self-centered divorce attorney (Clooney) finally meets his match, falling hard for the stunning (soon to be ex-) wife (Zeta-Jones) of one of his clients. She, on the other hand, appears to be trading up from one rich husband after another. A collision is inevitable. Both play their roles broadly, perhaps too much so.

As one expects from a Coen Brothers plot, there are a few twists and turns, some pleasant surprises and some groaners. Lip service is paid to the marginal ethics, but not to attempted murder.

(28-Oct-03)

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