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B- |
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| Story: |
C |
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B |
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| Direction: |
C+ |
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| Visuals: |
B |
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slighty TOLERABLE
by Louis (movies profile)
Apr 3, 2007
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34 people found this review helpful
There are two movies at war in "Intolerable Cruelty". One film is a old fashion screwball comedy, the other is a Coen Brothers screwball comedy. What we are left with is a film without a distiguished tone. The movie bounces from a mediocre airy comedy to a goofy dark-edged comedy, two elements that never mesh realistically. The latter works best and is more in tune with what we come to expect from the directing pair who find laughs in an alternate reality. The hammier the movie gets the funnier the movie becomes but in between the movie struggles to find solid laughs. The material here is sub-par and the Coen Brothers never keep the film as perky as it should be. The key misstep here is Catherine Zeta Jones, who looks hot but that's all she seems to be doing here. Her performance doesn't fit the film. She's too demure, never once letting loose almost as if she afraid of looking foulish. George Clooney's performance ranges from silly to nearly dramatic. He changes his character to fit each scene, never fleshing out his role. You stick the two leads together and your not buying a minute of it since neither really sell there roles. The Coen Brothers do much better with the smaller character roles and in typical Coen Bro. fashion, are always involved in the most memorable parts of the film. These parts make "Intolerable Cruelty" watchable since there all so flat-out funny, the rest of the film is only tolerable. |
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