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Intolerable Cruelty

(2003, Rated PG-13, Comedy, Starring George Clooney, Geoffrey Rush, Catherine Zeta-Jones)
  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 15.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    Screwball comedy for older teens and adults.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 15 and Up

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    The characters are greedy, manipulative, and unethical. Some racy humor.
  • Violence:

    Comic violence including shooting, character killed. Some viewers may be disturbed by a character who is very ill.
  • Sex:

    Sexual references and situations, no nudity.
  • Language:

    Strong language for a PG-13.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Drinking and smoking.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Intolerable Cruelty

Parents need to know that this movie has some mature material for a PG-13, including adulterous situations and some mildly kinky sexual references (nothing explicit and no nudity). It has strong language for a PG-13. There is comic violence that includes guns and one character is killed. Families who have dealt with painful divorces may not find the depiction in this film very entertaining. Some viewers may be disturbed by a character who is very ill. The characters are greedy, manipulative, and unethical, all played for humor.

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  1. I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 1.0

    Pretty stupid, to say the least....

    After the movie ended, my family looked at eachother and said "HUH?". There wasn't a point to this movie. The two greedy, manipulative, self-centred characters just went about in their greedy, manipulative, and self-centred way and everything seemed to turn out all right for them in the end. Somehow. There really wasn't anything funny, except for George Clooney checking out his teeth constantly. I wouldn't recommend seeing it.

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    Lives in North Carolina
    I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it 1.0

    This was War of the Roses revisited but between singles instead of a couple

    |This movie had little to redeem itself. The characters were self centered and selfish and it was all but impossible to like or identify with either of them. Every woman in the movie was a gold digger and all the men are either fools or philanders. You can not sympathise with any of them or feel any compassion. By the end of the movie, when love supposedly won out, you just don't care enough about them to even be moved by turn of heart.

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