Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Academy Award winners George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush and Billy Bob Thornton with Cedric the Entertainer. It was released by Universal Pictures. Donovan Donaly , a soap opera producer, comes home unexpectedly early to find his wife Bonnie with her ex-boyfriend, a pool cleaner named Ollie , even though the Donalys have no pool. Miles Massey , a top divorce attorney and the inventor of the "Massey Pre-nup", a completely foolproof prenuptial agreement, becomes Bonnie's lawyer. He... is victorious in the divorce case, leaving Donovan with nothing. Meanwhile, Rex Rexroth is having a sexual roleplaying session with a blonde in a motel room when a private investigator named Gus Petch bursts in and records everything with a video camera. He takes the video to Rex's wife, Marylin Rexroth , who married Rex solely to obtain wealth and independence via a divorce. Rex hires Miles.
more
| Release date: | October 10, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Brian Grazer |
| Editor: | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Music by: | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography: | Roger Deakins |
| Screenplay by: | Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Estimated budget: | $60,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |