Movie · Comedy · Drama

In this blackest of comedies, a perfect 18-year marriage suddenly becomes unglued and the gleefully evil Barbara (Kathleen Turner) and Oliver (Michael Douglas) Rose single-mindedly inflict as much misery as possible on each other. Rather than just get divorced, they declare war, fighting to the bitter end over their huge mansion and every possession in it. Not even the calculating guidance of Oliver's lawyer (Danny DeVito) can stop this uncompromisingly nasty two some as their vicious battle sends them on an increasingly dark and dangerous path.

1989 · 1h 56m
Director Danny DeVito

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The War of the Roses

Comedy

In this blackest of comedies, a perfect 18-year marriage suddenly becomes unglued and the gleefully evil Barbara (Kathleen Turner) and Oliver (Michael Douglas) Rose single-mindedly inflict as much misery as possible on each other. Rather than just get divorced, they declare war, fighting to the bitter end over their huge mansion and every possession in it. Not even the calculating guidance of Oliver's lawyer (Danny DeVito) can stop this uncompromisingly nasty two some as their vicious battle sends them on an increasingly dark and dangerous path.

COMMON SENSE

Comically awful divorce spirals into violence; language.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.4
Reviews 45
Fresh 38
Rotten 7

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Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
1989
Run Time
1 hr 56 min
Rated
R
Region of Origin
United States
© 1989 Twentieth Century Fox

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom), French
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), French (France) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Arabic , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , Norwegian , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.