Intolerable Cruelty

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Rey S Jan 18, 2019 A real hidden gem from the Coen's.

Finn G Dec 4, 2018 Surprisingly one of the more controversial films in the Coen Brothers' oeuvre, "Intolerable Cruelty" honestly plays more to the crowd than most of the filmmaking duo's other films, featuring the bubbly and cheeky feel of many other romantic comedies of the era. Not sure where the critics and fans diverged with this particular film, but for my tastes, I found it to be a palatable watch overall -- though sadly not all the way through necessarily. To be blatantly honest, I found the film's first half to be a tremendous exercise in wit, wordplay, and irony, with some of the best dialogue writing I've seen from the Coen's. But the second half just pales in comparison -- too silly and predictable for its own good. I guess it all averages out to the above final score in the end. See more

Draco R Oct 4, 2018 What's not to like about this hilarious Coen Brother's comedy? It has some fantastic trademark twists and great dialogue. The acting choices and fun direction make this a great popcorn film. See more

Han L Jul 1, 2018 an overstuffed and undercooked.. Intolerable Cruelty 2 Out Of 5 Intolerable Cruelty is merely an attempt by Coen to offer a rom-com in its own tone that unfortunately never communicates with the audience. The scrutiny in here is so obvious and predictably dull that the audience finds themselves waiting for the makers to attain a closure that makes its 100 minutes feel like ages especially when the makers and the audience are sweating to be funny and to crack a smile respectively. It is short on technical aspects like background score, sound department and editing. An urge to create the sketchy comic sequences and somehow managing to create the intense drama along with it, fails on all levels here. The script is all distraction and nothing concrete on terms of the material offered to the audience, addition to that it derails quickly into a misleading lane and crashes in its self-created ideology and hypocrisy. It comes off as a shock considering it came from Joel Coen, since it barely has an piece of craft to explore in here especially the forcibly installed humor which clearly isn't funny. It is poorly performed by George Clooney and Catherine Zeta Jones, but then they weren't offered enough range to sink their teeth in their one dimensional characters. Intolerable Cruelty is an overstuffed and undercooked on its plot and characters, leaving the audience disappointed rather than being angry. See more

Kylo M Aug 23, 2017 Here's a sentence I thought I'd never write: Cedric the Entertainer was the best part of this movie.

Luke R Jun 30, 2017 Per ora il peggiore film che i Coen abbiano prodotto, non ha un'identità o una sua motivazione. Ho trovato il film altamente noioso e assolutamente non divertente. Il carisma dei due protagonisti di certo si fa notare, ma non c'è un reale coinvolgimento emotivo nei confronti di una trama banale e prevedibile. See more

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