Much-divorced Marilyn (Zeta-Jones) and fabulously successful divorce attorney Miles (Clooney) face off in the battle of the sexes in Intolerable Cruelty.

Money and matrimony
Intolerable Cruelty


Catherine Zeta-Jones, George Clooney, Geoffrey Rush. Rated M

Reviewer :: Lt Simone Heyer

If a woman can successfully marry for money - successful in that she marries him, gets half his stash, then divorces him - then she has my sincere congratulations.

Marilyn (Zeta-Jones) is one such lady. She's wooed Rex Rexroth but when she discovers his affair and tries to leave him Rex's lawyer, Miles (Clooney), runs with the money-hungry angle and is right on the money (so to speak).

Marilyn ends up with nothing, just what she needs to concoct an even more cunning plan. She apparently marries an oil billionaire who insists on ripping up their pre-nuptial agreement and when she leaves him, she's left with a nice little nest egg.

By this time Miles is falling in love with her. She sees what she wants and takes it. She's as strong a woman as he is a man.

They both have everything, but need each other.

When Miles and Marilyn marry for love, not money, Miles is truly happy until he sees Marilyn's oil billionaire on a daytime soapie.

Intolerable Cruelty is a great light-hearted movie and shows what lengths some women will take to get the big brand names, the big rock, fast car and big house.

Simone rates this movie