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moviezeal.com - 4/23/2008
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Note: this is the tenth in a series of chronological reviews of the Coen brothers filmography and is a guest review by Joseph Demme. Joseph can be found blogging at Cinexcellence and indulging his inner fanboy at Expanded Universe.
Intolerable Cruelty is one of the Coens more commercial films and is seemingly underrated. I think this is largely due to the script actually being written ...
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Review: Intolerable Cruelty
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... intelligent, while at the same time being off-the-wall with a dark dash of the Coens tossed into the mix. Although the script is written by other writers, there is still a clear Coen feel throughout the film, especially with the opening scene and Wheezy Joe.
There are times in the film when the Coens seem to rely too heavily on plot devices to move the story forward, but it ends up being an enjoyable film, one that I enjoy watching again and again.
Originally posted at Movie Zeal.
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