Friday, April 22, 2005

Intolerable Cruelty

A quality movie. Slick and sleek and often very funny (gotta love the way Wheezy Joe goes out); Clooney and Zeta Jones perfect (as is my wont these days, I liked the combination of opacity and attractiveness - which in this case was reflected in the set design, decor and aesthetic of the whole film...nicely done by the Coen brothers). Extremely, amusingly catty and rather cynical in a 'comedy of manners' kind of way, but the happy ending is still more satisfying than any other could have been.