

Engage the enemy.
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
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Character
Cool, comic, classical in form and contemporary.
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
Who loves it, who doesn't
20 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.
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“Is George Clooney the best thing in Intolerable Cruelty?”
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“Is it funnier than it is smart?”
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“Is it too cool to love?”
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Cast
- George ClooneyMiles
- Catherine Zeta-JonesMarilyn
- Geoffrey RushDonovan Donaly
- Cedric the EntertainerGus Petch
- Edward HerrmannRex Rexroth
- Paul AdelsteinWrigley
- Richard JenkinsFreddy Bender
- Billy Bob ThorntonHoward D. Doyle
- Julia DuffySarah Sorkin
- Jonathan HadaryHeinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy
Crew
- Joel CoenDirector
- Robert RamseyScreenplay
- Matthew StoneScreenplay
- Joel CoenScreenplay
- Roger DeakinsDirector of Photography
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Ethan CoenEditor
- Joel CoenEditor
- Ethan CoenProducer
- Brian GrazerProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
A Fish Called Wanda 198881% alikeBoth comic, cool, classical in form.
Fletch 198579% alikeBoth comic, cool, classical in form.
Bad Santa 200379% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, contemporary.
Death Becomes Her 199279% alikeBoth comic, cool, contemporary.
Get Shorty 199577% alikeBoth cool, classical in form, contemporary.
Burn After Reading 200877% alikeBoth cool, comic, contemporary.
The Heartbreak Kid 197275% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, cool.
Down and Out in Beverly Hills 198675% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, cool.
Captain Fall 202383% alikeTelevision · Both comic, cool, contemporary.
The New Statesman 198776% alikeTelevision · Both comic, cool, classical in form.
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