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Barbara and Oliver Rose (Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, respectively) were the perfect couple--he was a prominent Washington lawyer, she had a wildly successful catering business. They had a great house, great art, great cars, and great kids. But when she sues for divorce, this black comedy shows clearly that divorce is .. Read more

Starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny De Vito, Marianne Sagebrecht
Director Danny De Vito
Genres Comedy

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War Of The Roses

Barbara and Oliver Rose (Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, respectively) were the perfect couple--he was a prominent Washington lawyer, she had a wildly successful catering business. They had a great house, great art, great cars, and great kids. But when she sues for divorce, this black comedy shows clearly that divorce is war--and war is hell.

Starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny De Vito, Marianne Sagebrecht, David Wohl
Director Danny De Vito
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 51 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Comedy
Language English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish
Released DVD: 20 Aug 2001
Production year: 1989
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (4) of War Of The Roses

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    This blistering black comedy from Danny DeVito is less an assault on marriage than on the acquisitiveness of Reaganite America. Suggesting that hell is not other people, but other people's possessions, the film rapidly escalates into a frenzy of comic viciousness. Trading slyly on their coy relationship in Romancing the Stone, Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner hurl themselves into their parts, tainting expressions of vengeful glee with real bile. The scene in which Douglas seasons the fish stew is a standout among several wickedly excessive incidents that raise laughs as well as hackles thanks to DeVito's bravura direction.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • "...A deliriously mean-spirited free-for-all....[Turner and Douglas are at their] comic best when being as awful as both are required to be here..."

    • New York Times
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Social Commentary or Slapstick ?

    In my opinion this is a hugely under-rated film which works on many levels. As a cautionary tale of the dangers of consumerism it manages to be witty but not pompous.

    Its also a marvellous, funny, old-fashioned slapstick comedy with fine performances by Micheal Douglas and Kathleen Turner. The only negative being the rather soppy opening section.

    Told through the eyes of Danny DeVito's smug divorce lawyer, it shows how desire for wealth and 'happiness' can cause the most ardent love birds to turn into opponents. The violence, however is of the 'Home Alone', 'Laurel and Hardy' type.

    Do not watch with your partner!

      • P. King from Somerset
      • Posted 20 Jul 2004 21:15

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  • 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Barbara and Oliver Rose (Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, respectively) were the perfect couple--he was a prominent Washington lawyer, she had a wildly successful catering business. They had a great house, great art, great cars, and great kids. But when she sues for divorce, this black comedy shows clearly that divorce is war--and war is hell.

      • A customer from MANCHESTER
      • Posted 12 Aug 2004 05:58

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