The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 86% of the 997 1980s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic80/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
1,289 audience votes
Key crew
- Danny DeVitoDirector
- David NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Michael J. LeesonScreenplay
Cast
- Michael DouglasOliver Rose
- Kathleen TurnerBarbara Rose
- Danny DeVitoGavin D'Amato
- Marianne SägebrechtSusan
- Sean AstinJosh at 17
- Heather FairfieldCarolyn at 17
- G.D. SpradlinHarry Thurmont
- Peter DonatJason Larrabee
- Dan CastellanetaMan in Chair
- Gloria CromwellMrs. Marshall
- Harlan ArnoldMr. Dell
- Mary FogartyMrs. Dell
Stills
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Themes
The Best Movies of 1989
The War of the Roses is #30 of 60
