Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

This is nowhere near the Coen comedy peak (Raising Arizona & Big Lebowski)…but, the good news is that it's also nowhere near the Coen comedy nadir (O Brother Where Art Thou & Hudsucker Proxy). Lots of good stuff here, but they can't let well enough alone and wind up padding the proceedings with horrid, flow-stopping crap like the old, old, old founding lawyer "Hoib" and the hitman "Wheezy Joe." Billy Bob Thornton nearly steals the film in just two short scenes.

B-