Search - Intolerable Cruelty [Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 02/10/2004 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: Universal Studios Total Copies: 102 Genres: Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Sophisticated Comedy, Screwball Comedy See Also: Intolerable Cruelty [Widescreen]

Joel and Ethan Coen take on the classic battle-of-the-sexes screwball comedy with Intolerable Cruelty. George Clooney plays Miles Massey, a high-powered Los Angeles divorce lawyer nearing a midlife crisis . While representing wealthy client Rex Rexroth (Edward Herrmann), Miles meets his match in Rex's gold-digging wife, Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones). He's impressed by her similarly heartless ways of using marriage to fuel an expensive lifestyle, but he still defeats her in court. With Marilyn looking to get her revenge and Miles finding himself attracted to her, the two engage in a ruthless romantic pursuit to out-swindle each other. Billy Bob Thornton shows up in a small role as Texas oil tycoon Howard Doyle. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

George Clooney - Miles Massey
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Marylin Rexroth
Geoffrey Rush - Donovan Donnelly
Cedric the Entertainer - Gus Petch
Edward Herrmann - Rex Rexroth

Joel and Ethan Coen's screwball comedy Intolerable Cruelty, the first film the brothers have ever made that did not originate with them, comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the movie, but does a fabulous job of capturing the film's bright color scheme. English, French, and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, and a second English track is accessible in DTS 5.1. French and Spanish subtitles are accessible, and English captions are optional. Supplemental materials include a humorous blooper reel personally approved by Joel Coen, a ten-minute making-of featurette containing interview clips with the Coen brothers as well as stars George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and a featurette concerning the work that went into the film's excellent costume design. This is a fine release from Universal for what it is, but the same extras are available in a different edition that also contains a widescreen transfer of the film. That version is preferable to this one. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide