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.
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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
G.D. Spradlin
Harry Thurmont
Peter Donat
Jason Larrabee
Dan Castellaneta
Man in Chair
Gloria Cromwell
Mrs. Marshall
Director
Danny DeVito
Screenplay
Michael J. Leeson
Tagline
"Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$26,000,000
Revenue
$160,188,546
Production
20th Century Fox, Gracie Films
kevin2019
May 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 never be just good friends with an attractive woman without sex becoming an inevitable issue and getting in the way of a beautiful friendship this fil...
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