The War of the Roses
Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.
Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like fa...
Comedy, Drama
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1989
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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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Runtime:
116 min
Release date:
8 Dec 1989
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$26,000,000
Revenue:
$160,188,546
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 9 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
DeVito's taste for unorthodox camera angles and striking camera movements occasionally verges on overreaching but for the most part admirably serves the action.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
11 Feb 2008
rotten:
Trying to wring yocks from a deranged couple locked in mortal combat over possession of their house is more suited to film noir than black comedy.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
11 Feb 2008
fresh:
DeVito's direction is distinctively odd (with a lot of low-angle shots looking up at things), enjoyably mischievous and always somehow mindful that there may be, at the heart of all this comic mayhem, something substantial going on.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
DeVito triumphs by instilling this caustic satire with truth and consequence.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
[A] deliciously jaundiced perspective on matrimony.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000