Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/25/2019
Never really as funny as it is quirky, but "Intolerable Cruelty" has all the charm and sensibilities of old-school comedies.
Rating of
3/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 04/06/2018
Although it's certainly not the Coen Brothers' most ambitious film, it's better than your typical romantic comedy. It harkens back to the screwball pairings of Hepburn and Tracy or Gable and Colbert. The script relies on wit and sophistication rather than vulgarity and wanton sex jokes.
Rating of
3.5/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 08/01/2011
For fans of the screwball comedy era of film, this Coen Brothers film is an energetic joy. It contains the usual off the wall Coen Bros. characters, but the madcap pace is amped up and the in depth and structured characters fall by the wayside. In another directing team's hands, this could be a recipe for disaster, but the Coens know the genre they are paying homage to and craft a film that is funny, satisfying, and never boring.
Rating of
1.5/4
Ghost Seed - wrote on 07/17/2008
As a movie, it is a typical so-so romantic comedy. As a COEN BROTHERS movie - it's just not good. It took 8 years to develop, so it's either that it was fussed with until it was barely recognizable, or that it could have used another year or two in order to get it right... The story lacks the stylish flow of a Coen project, instead it clunks along with weak humor, and generic, colorless characters (which is perhaps the most disappointing element - these fellas are the KINGS of brilliant character building, what happened?) It's best to forget who made it, and just watch...it's more Tolerable that way.
