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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12

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  1. I.S.
    Sep 2, 2002
    8
    It was very funny.
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  2. MackenzieV.
    Sep 4, 2002
    10
    This movie was hilarious. I loved it soo much.
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  3. LisaM.
    Aug 19, 2003
    10
    FUnniest movie I have ever seen!
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  4. PhyllisD.
    Feb 9, 2004
    10
    This movie left me thinking about how true to life "Roses" is. People once in passionate love and passionately hate. It is just the flip-side of the emotion love.
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  5. SunnyG
    Jan 2, 2007
    10
    Apt 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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  6. SandraN
    Jul 27, 2007
    10
    The best comedy i have ever seen. Michael Douglas & Kathleen Turner were made for the parts they played in this classic comedy. I have looked everywhere to get the DVD for this movie.
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  7. PatC.
    Dec 19, 2003
    9
    Best divorce movie I've seen. As sometimes happens, the partners blame each other for their psychoses, so it's a cautionary tale where the only alternative guidance that is offered is precious little, by DeVito as narrator.
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Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Although the movie goes too far, you can hardly get enough of its delicious atmosphere - and of Turner, in particular, who has never looked better on the big screen. [8 Dec 1989]
  2. The ending is especially inventive, managing to be sour, cynical, sentimental, and upbeat at the same time. [22 Dec 1989]
  3. 75
    The movie treads a dangerous line. There are times when its ferocity threatens to break through the boundaries of comedy - to become so unremitting we find we cannot laugh.