Comedy

A divorce lawyer falls in love with a gold digger.

2.5/4 (Okay).

There are a lot of clever, funny lines. But the whole concept is that it's a romance featuring assholes. Rich, narcissistic assholes. Why? Is it meant to be some sort of satire? I don't get it. ( )

The combination of ridiculously sappy romance and equally ridiculously chilled cynicism that this movie somehow pulls off with great hilarity is right up my alley. To boot, it somehow combines incredibly level-headed Machiavellian planning and bumbling seat-of-their-pants incompetence with great aplomb. And as it turns out, at least to me, these contrasts always seem delightful, never jarring. I mean, I can't help but love something that has lines like "Why kill the only woman you've ever loved when she's the richer party!" and "A burglar broke in, intending to loot the place, repented, became despondent over his lifestyle, and shot himself." ( )

Miles Massey is a high-powered Los Angeles divorce lawyer nearing a midlife crisis. While representing his wealthy client Rex Rexroth, Miles meets his match in Rex's gold-digging wife, Marilyn. He's impressed by her similarly heartless ways of using marriage to fuel an expensive lifestyle, but Miles still manages to defeat her in court. With Marilyn looking to get her revenge and Miles finding himself attracted to her, the two engage in a ruthless romantic pursuit to out-swindle each other