The War of the Roses (1989) movie poster

The War of the Roses (1989)

"Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie."
ThumbScore
👍 76%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 82%
ComedyDrama

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Director
Runtime
1h 56m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.9/10 (1,223 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
80

Cast

Michael Douglas as Oliver Rose · 72% avg
Kathleen Turner as Barbara Rose · 72% avg
Danny DeVito as Gavin D'Amato · 73% avg
Sean Astin as Josh at 17 · 73% avg
Heather Fairfield as Carolyn at 17
G.D. Spradlin as Harry Thurmont · 80% avg
Peter Donat as Jason Larrabee · 70% avg

Is The War of the Roses good?

Most people think so. 76% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 82%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1299 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#51 / 65 · 1989

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

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