The War of the Roses (1989)
Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.
Director: Danny DeVito · Writer: Michael J. Leeson
Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house, with their divorce lawyer D'Amato caught in the middle.
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Cast
Michael Douglas
Oliver Rose 
Kathleen Turner
Barbara Rose 
Danny DeVito
Gavin D'Amato 
Marianne Sägebrecht
Susan 
Sean Astin
Josh at 17 
Heather Fairfield
Carolyn at 17 
G.D. Spradlin
Harry Thurmont 
Peter Donat
Jason Larrabee 
Dan Castellaneta
Man in Chair 
Gloria Cromwell
Mrs. Marshall
Harlan Arnold
Mr. Dell
Mary Fogarty
Mrs. Dell User Reviews (1)
"The War of the Roses" is an uncompromising film based upon the eternally topical subject of divorce. It fits neatly into the same category as "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), but where that yawn fest ruminated upon the boring notion that a man can never be just good friends with an attractive woman without sex becoming an inevitable issue and getting in the way of a beautiful friendship this film ponders the notion is there any such thing as an amicable divorce? The film which results from this preponderance is a brilliantly bitter and ugly one that takes the issue to the absolute extremes of human behaviour like never before as the luxurious marital home is gradually reduced to a shadowy and dangerous battlefield. Danny DeVito excels magnificently behind the camera as director and he achieves the admirable feat of producing eye catching visuals which don't dominate or derail the entir…
