At her next marriage, she claims it's true love and asks him to draft one of his infamous pre-nuptial agreements, which are renowned for being ironclad, for the benefit of her oil baron fiance. At the wedding, hubby is so in love he tears it up, and Miles is impressed that Marilyn has somehow beaten his unbeatable pre-nup. Divorce, American-style, follows shortly of course.
Now that Marilyn holds the wealth, Miles feels no qualms about falling in love, especially since Marilyn fears dying alone like her friend just did. History repeats itself when he makes a pre-nup for her benefit, they marry, and she tears it up.
We wait for the other shoe to drop of course, and it does. Miles has been duped.
This Coen brothers comedy is more screwball and lighthearted than most of their others like The Hudsucker Proxy or O Brother Where Art Thou. Zeta-Jones is the perfect actress to play this part, the ice maiden whose heart is melted. The actors playing the various husbands are equally matched to their roles (Geoffrey Rush, Edward Hermann, and especially Billy Bob Thornton).
Richard Jenkins is Marilyn's lawyer, Julia Duffy is her oft-married socialite friend, Cedric the Entertainer plays a go-to guy who helps the divorce lawyers get photographic evidence.
You know going into this how it's going to end, but it's the journey that is the fun. Just go along for the ride and let the Rube Goldberg convolutions that are going on entertain you.
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