Review: Intolerable Cruelty

Rated PG-13 | 100 mins

Ah, yes, this is the movie I’ve been waiting for all year. The Coen’s latest film, done Hollywood-style, has a pleasingly divine atmosphere and an entrancing style. The story and plot are inspired, the dialogue delicious; this is about the only motion picture to come along in the last couple of months that’s actually funny when it thinks it is. The screwball comedy is comically charming, and the smoothly-executed, but rather eventful and twisty plot is always a joy to watch unfold. This is one surprisingly appealing film. George Clooney is fabulously hysterical in his role (almost everyone will love his character’s obsession with the whiteness of his teeth). The lovely Catherine Zeta Jones delivers one of the best performances of the year, and also creates her fair-share of unscripted laughs. Intolerable Cruelty is certainly one of the most watchably well-done popcorn flicks to come along in a long time, and should not be missed.