Intolerable Cruelty

Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 American romantic comedy film film directed and cowritten by the Joel and Ethan Coen, and produced by Brian Grazer and the Coens. The film was written by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone amp Ethan and Joel Coen, with the latter writing the last draft of the screenplay about divorce and lawyers in Los Angeles. The film stars George Clooney, Catherine ZetaJones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric the Entertainer, Edward Herrmann, Paul Adelstein, Richard Jenkins and Billy Bob Thornton.

Private investigator Gus Petch Cedric the Entertainer is tailing the wealthy and married Rex Rexroth Edward Herrmann on a drunken night out with a blonde. When they stop at a motel, Gus bursts in and tapes them with a video camera. He takes the evidence of infidelity to Rexs wife, Marylin Rexroth Catherine ZetaJones, whose primary motivation is obtaining wealth and independence via divorce. Rex hires Miles, and Marylins friend, a serial divorce named Sarah Sorkin Julia Duffy, warns Marilyn that Miles will be a dangerous opponent.Marylin and her lawyer, Freddy Bender Richard Jenkins, fail to reach an agreement with Miles and Rex. Bored Miles asks the fascinating Marylin to dinner, where they flirt. The next day he is able to find a witness with his assistants help to expose her. In court, Marylin feigns an emotional breakdown over Rexs apparent cheating on her. However, Miles isnt fooled by this and gets the Baron Krauss von Espy Jonathan Hadary to testify that she had asked him to arrange a marriage to a man who was very rich, easily manipulated, and likely to be unfaithful, proving that Marylins testimony was indeed a lie. Marylin winds up with nothing, and Miless aged boss, Herb Myerson Tom Aldredge, congratulates him. ........

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