Intolerable Cruelty Page #3

Synopsis: Miles Massey, a prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney has everything--and in some cases, two of everything. Despite his impressive client list, a formidable win record, the respect of his peers and an ironclad contract (the Massey pre-nup) named after him, he's reached a crossroads in his life. Sated on success, boredom has set in and he's looking for new challenges. All that changes when Miles meets his match in the devastating Marylin Rexroth. Marylin is the soon-to-be ex-wife of his client Rex Rexroth, a wealthy real estate developer and habitual philanderer. With the help of hard charging private investigator Gus Petch, she has Rex nailed and is looking forward to the financial independence a successful divorce will bring. But thanks to Miles' considerable skills, she ends up with nothing. Not to be outdone, Marylin schemes to get even and as part of her plan, quickly marries oil tycoon Howard Doyle. Miles and his unflappable associate, Wrigley, unwittingly dig themselves in deepe
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director(s): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Production: Universal Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
PG-13
Year:
2003
100 min
$35,096,190
Website
888 Views


It was something he had

the engineers at the factory design.

And then he had a prototype built

out of the parts from our vacuum cleaner.

I see.

So the vacuum cleaner wasn't available

to me for several months.

Several months without the appliance.

Yes!

The problem is, everyone is

willing to compromise.

That's the problem with the institution of marriage.

It's based on compromise.

Even through its dissolution.

Mrs. Gutman here,

she's gonna score some points...

concerning her husband's

sexual politics.

Naturally,

we'll try to impeach.

And then the entire process

will find an equilibrium point...

based on the skill

of the individual lawyers.

Then both parties will go home with

their portion of the staple factory.

That's life.

Life is compromise.

That's not life.

That's death.

Struggle and challenge and ultimate destruction

of your opponent... that's life.

Let me ask you something.

Attila the Hun.

Thank you, Mrs. Gutman. Ivan the Terrible.

Henry the Eighth.

Mr. Massey, any questions?

What do they have in common?

Middle name. No. They didn't

just win. They... They...

Mr. Massey?

They destroyed...

Mr. Massey, again I ask,

have you any questions

for the complainant?

I'm sorry, Your Honor. I was

just consulting with an associate.

Now, Mrs. Gutman,

do you know a man

named David Gonzalez?

Well, he's the tennis pro at the club.

The tennis pro?

Then why are your letters addressed to him,

'Dear David and Goliath'?

Whoo! Whoo!

Go, Rexie!

Go, Rexie baby!

Whoo-hoo.!

Whoo!

Rexie!

Cabin seven.

Choo-choo!

Whoo-whoo-whoo!

Choo-choo!

Choo-choo.

Choo-choo!

Choo-choo.

- Choo-choo.

- Choo-choo.

Choo-choo.

- Choo-choo!

- Whoo-whoo!

Choo-choo!

Ahh! Oh! Choo!

Yeah!

I'm gon' nail yo' ass!

Oh, I'm gon' nail yo' ass!

Yo' ass!

I'm gon' nail yo' ass!

Come to papa!

I'm gon'nail ya.!

Yeah, I got ya.!

I'm gon'nail yo'ass.!

Enough, I say!

Hold it.!

I'm gon'nail yo'ass.!

Yeah.! Yeah.!

A silly misunderstanding... Mm-hmm.

Someone nailed yo'ass.!

Mm-hmm, yeah, I'm gon' nail yo' ass!

I'm gon' nail yo' ass!

I'm gon'nail yo' ass!

Yep, I nailed his ass.

I thought he'd outgrown trains.

They never grow up, lady.

They just get tubby.

How charming. An aphorist.

Oh, yeah, I've always

had ample proportions.

But believe you me, it's all muscle.

I'm as hard as a rock.

I'm not one of these cream puff,

sit-behind-the-desk private d*cks.

I'm an ass-nailer.

So I see.

Gym four times a week...

hour and a half, plus stretching,

LifeCycle, LifeStep, LifeCircuit.

Gus Petch don't pussyfoot around.

I must say, for someone in your line of work,

you don't exhibit a great deal of tact.

You want tact, call a tactician. You

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