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Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Film · 1h 40m · Rated PG-13

Comedy, Crime, Romance

A ruthless gold digger and a slick divorce lawyer play a campy, witty game of romantic cat-and-mouse.

Satirical and pulpy, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

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Intolerable Cruelty parents guide

It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language.

Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated PG-13.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
Some violence
Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity
Mild
Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
Language
Moderate
Some strong profanity, a few f-words.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

What is Intolerable Cruelty about?

A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves the ending open to interpretation.

Cast and crew

Directed byJoel Coen
StarringGeorge Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Cedric the Entertainer, Edward Herrmann, Paul Adelstein

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