Story Line
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.
“Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.”
Top 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
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Rating
6.9/ 10
Release Date
1989-12-08
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
ComedyDrama
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User Reviews (1)
kevin2019
10/10
•5/16/2025"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 ...