History Film / IntolerableCruelty

->'''Miles:''' (''after ordering dinner for both of them'') I assume you're a carnivore.
->'''Marilyn:''' Oh, Mr. Massey -- you have ''no'' idea.

This 2003 romantic comedy film is that rare [[Creator/TheCoenBrothers Coen Brothers]] project based on someone else's idea. The original screenplay was written by Robert Ramsey and Matt Stone (not [[Franchise/SouthPark that one]]), then touched up by the Coens. Ramsey and Stone had shopped it to Creator/RonHoward and Creator/JonathanDemme before the Coens got on board. Perhaps because of this, it seems a little out of place among their other films (not that a Coen Brothers romantic comedy wouldn't already seem out of place).

--> They never grow up, they just get tubby.

-->'''Miles:''' She won't suffer, will she?
-->'''Wheezy Joe:''' Not unless you pay extra.

This 2003 romantic comedy film is that rare [[Creator/TheCoenBrothers Coen Brothers]] project based on someone else's idea. The original screenplay was written by Robert Ramsey and Matt Stone ([[NamesTheSame not]] [[Franchise/SouthPark that one]]), then touched up by the Coens. Ramsey and Stone had shopped it to Creator/RonHoward and Creator/JonathanDemme before the Coens got on board. Perhaps because of this, it seems a little out of place among their other films (not that a Coen Brothers romantic comedy wouldn't already seem out of place).

[[AlliterativeName Miles Massey]] (Creator/GeorgeClooney) is a hotshot Hollywood divorce attorney whose prenup is the industry standard ("They devote a whole semester to it at Harvard Law"). He takes the case of [[AlliterativeName Rex Rexroth]] (Creator/EdwardHerrmann), and despite video evidence that Rex has "a [[UnusualEuphemism wandering pee-pee]]", Miles wins the case, and plaintiff Marilyn Rexroth (Creator/CatherineZetaJones) is left with nothing.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[EvenTheGuysWantHim Eye]] [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Candy]] for all.]]

->'''Marilyn:''' Oh, Mr. Massey - you have ''no'' idea.

Creator/GeorgeClooney plays [[AlliterativeName Miles Massey]], a hotshot divorce attorney whose prenup is the industry standard ("They devote a whole semester to it at Harvard Law"). He takes the case of [[AlliterativeName Rex Rexroth]], played by Edward Herrmann, and despite video evidence that Rex has "a [[UnusualEuphemism wandering pee-pee]]", Miles wins the case, and plaintiff Marilyn Rexroth, played by Creator/CatherineZetaJones, is left with nothing.

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[[caption-width-right:320:[[EvenTheGuysWantHim Eye]] [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Candy]] for all.]]

** The put-upon opposing lawyer, Bender, keeps trying to object to Massey's CourtroomAntics with grounds ranging from the ridiculously feeble ("Uh... poetry recital?") to the ludicrously unnecessary ("Objection! ''Strangling the witness!''"). The judge's response is invariably "I'm going to allow it." Notably, the latter objection was offered when Massey's client was throttling ''Massey's witness'' -- Bender had no reason to object except being the OnlySaneMan in the room.

* ArcWords: "I nailed his ass." (Or, "[[GratuitousFrench faire un coup de marteau sur des fesses]]".) Or, how you say, make hammer on the fanny.

* MenAreChildish: In the words of [[PrivateEye Gus Petch]]:

* CatchPhrase: "I nailed his ass." (Or, "[[GratuitousFrench faire un coup de marteau sur des fesses]]".) Or, how you say, make hammer on the fanny.

* AssholeVictim: Sarah Sorkin, Marilyn's aged golddigger friend, dies of a peptic ulcer bursting and she is the only one with any reason to care.

* HollywoodLaw: In America, if you were in your spouse's will before, but the two of you divorce later, the part of the will that left his/her property to you is automatically nullified.

** To a lesser extent, Geoffrey Rush's bit part as a larger-than-life Australian film director.