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Directed by
Joel Coen Written by
Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone Cast
George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric the Entertainer, Edward Herrmann [more]
Release Date
• USA: Oct 10, 2003
• UK: 24 Oct 2003
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 10, 2004
• R2: 10 Feb 2004
Budget $60,000,000
Official Website:
Intolerable Cruelty Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and brief violence.
Running Time
1 hour, 40 minutes
Country USA
Studio Alphaville, Brian Grazer Production, Imagine Entertainment, KL Line Productions, Universal Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Intolerable Cruelty
• Intolerable
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Intolerable Cruelty Reviews |
, it's 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.'' [read review]
--Elvis Mitchell (The New York Times)
Intolerable Cruelty is one of their better comedies, and, once 2003 has drawn to a close, it will likely be regarded as one of the year's funniest motion pictures. The only intolerable cruelty associated with this picture is reserved for those who miss the opportunity to see it. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The Coen brothers are capable of better, but when it takes other Hollywood competition to court, 'Intolerable Cruelty' comes out with the winning verdict. Mainstream enough to get a general audience, quirky enough to keep fans of 'Raising Arizona' and 'The Big Lebowski' smiling. [read review] 8/10
--Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)
So this is a conventional film, but not that conventional. Even when it goes for clichés like the big inspirational speech set to syrupy music and met with a slow-clap, you can't help but feel that the Coens have their tongue firmly pushed into their cheek. By Coen standards this is a minor effort, but it's still superior to the average rom-com. [read review] 
--Kevin N. Laforest (Montreal Film Journal)
This is like some ungrateful buffet laid out by the Gods of Cinema. There's no "true love" to these proceedings. You don't want to take a prospective dating partner to this with the hopes of putting a pang in (his or) her undersized heart. It just doesn't work that way. This is the kind of bizarre night out you save for that one friend of the opposite sex you have no chance of ever hooking up with. [read review] 
--B. Alan Orange (MovieWeb)
The movie has many scenes of delicious comedy, Cloo-ney and Zeta-Jones play their characters perfectly in an imperfect screenplay, and the man with the asthma puffer gets the biggest single laugh since the hair gel in "There's Something About Mary." [read review] 
--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
The price of this film is worth paying, not so much to see Clooney and Z-J, who exude minimal chemistry -- if chemistry can be exuded -- but to savor the supporting performances and the Ethan and Joel Coen script. [read review]
--Ron Weiskind (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
In the Coen manner, the film brims with crafty character turns, including Billy Bob Thornton as a rich Texan and Geoffrey Rush as a ponytailed TV producer. But Clooney is definitely the man of these two hours. [read review]
-- (Rolling Stone)
Coen brothers’ purists will scoff at their prostituting themselves as writers-director for hire. For the rest of us, this is a bright and breezy comedy with a higher-than-average IQ for entries in this genre. [read review]
--Stephen Groenewegen (eFilmCritic.com)
"Intolerable Cruelty" is a screwball black comedy, reflecting both the style of Preston Sturges and the tone of "War of the Roses," with just enough Coen brothers touches to make it recognizable as theirs. [read review]
--Jack Mathews (New York Daily News)
While Intolerable Cruelty is a few shades lighter than the Coen brothers' best work, any objections about lowbrow condescension are swiftly overruled in 99 minutes of high class action. [read review]
-- (BBC Films)
Probably the most commercial Coen brothers film to date, it's still a hilarious ride through a skewed reality that delivers memorable performances and subtle social commentary. [read review] 
--Derek May (MovieWeb)
At the end of the day, Intolerable Cruelty is a riot. It's extremely funny, has charm to spare and is just as great a Coen Brothers movie as any of their other films. [read review] 9/10
-- (CHUD.com)
George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones square off deliciously, but this '30s-style battle of the sexes from the Coen brothers never catches fire. [read review]
--Charles Taylor (Salon)
Enjoyable screwball comedy that will please some but is a slight disappointment, given the high standards set by the Coen’s previous movies. [read review] 
--Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
{This} is Alex & Emma all over again, as there will be some moviegoers pondering to themselves if this really was directed by the Coen’s. [read review] C
--Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)
A break from the norm for the Coen boys, but this so-so attempt at an old-school screwballer only just manages pass marks. [read review] 6/10
--Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
The movie has lots of scenes that come across as numbingly ordinary, which is absolutely shocking for a Coen film. [read review]
--Jeffrey M. Anderson (San Francisco Examiner)
The Coen brothers go Hollywood and end up with a throw-away farce instead of a sparkling romantic comedy. [read review]
--Jean Oppenheimer (Hollywod Reporter)
Substantially darker and more twisted than the average screwball romantic comedy. [read review] 80/100
--Brian Webster (Apollo Guide)
Substantially darker and more twisted than the average screwball romantic comedy. [read review] 80/100
--Brian Webster (Apollo Guide)
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