a love story about a divorce lawyer. kinda strange, huh? well, its directed by the coen brothers, so its very strange! clooney plays a divorce lawyer who is the best in the business, he is able to take husbands who are caught in the act of cheating, and get them to win their divorce settlement. he is doing well in his job, he even gets congratulations from the mysterious head of the law firm. and then he gets a case where he meets catherine zeta-jones, the ultimate divorce law player. she has been married so many times that this whole divorce thing is a game she plays in order to make a fortune for herself. well, clooney is smitten and she is showing interest in him as well, but is it real or is she playing him too? this could have been a pretty straight forward romantic comedy, but in the hands of the coen brothers it becomes this strange quirky thing. from their rhythmic dialog to the strange secondary characters, the twists and turns along the way are quite unusual. the brothers did this sort of strange love story again with 'burn after reading', and if you ever saw that, then you know how differently the coens can twist a normal story.
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