The War of the Roses
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings
- Starring: Danny DeVito, Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas
- Summary: This classic black comedy proves that divorce is war, and war is hell.
- Director: Danny DeVito
- Genre(s): Thriller, Comedy
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100But it is the style with which this wild farce is developed that sustains our horrified interest and keeps us laughing as the darkness gathers around Barbara and Oliver. [11 Dec 1989]
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80Quite shocking, almost avant-garde in the way it constantly confounds expectations built up over years of formula pictures.
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80DeVito films this tale with a fiendish gusto, yet with psychological realism and meticulous attention to an inexorable logic in the plotting, even as the Roses' war moves from the outlandish to the surreal.
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60Trying 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.
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SunnyG10Apt handling of subject. Great movie. So true...There is no winner, better get out of the divorce as quickly as possible if it becomes inevitable.
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