The War of the Roses Movie Review 1989

Acidic black comedy about a well-to-do suburban couple who can't agree on a property settlement in their divorce so they wage unreserved and ever-escalating combat on each other, using their palatial home as a battleground. Expertly and lovingly (if that's the word) directed by DeVito, who plays the lawyer. Turner and Douglas are splendid. Adapted from the novel by Warren Adler.

Distribution

Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, Phone: (818)407-9100, Email: inquiries@image-entertainment.com, URL: http://www.image-entertainment.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 116 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Divorce, Screen Teams: Turner & Douglas, War Between the Sexes, Yuppie Nightmares, Strained Suburbia

Screenplay

Michael Leeson

Cast

Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Saegebrecht, Sean Astin, G.D. Spradlin, Peter Donat, Heather Fairfield, Dan Castellaneta, Danitra Vance, Tony Crane

Cinematography

Stephen Burum

Director

Danny DeVito

Music

David Newman

Producer

20th Century-Fox