The War of the Roses
A married couple try everything to get each other to leave the house in a vicious divorce battle.
- Director: Danny DeVito
- Genre:Comedy / Drama
- Runtime:112 minutes
Cast
Michael Douglas : Oliver Rose
Kathleen Turner : Barbara Rose
Danny DeVito : Gavin D’Amato
Marianne S?gebrecht : Susan
Sean Astin : Josh at 17
Lawyer Gavin d’Amato (Danny DeVito) is in his office discussing a divorce case with a client (Dan Castellaneta). Noticing the man’s determination to divorce his wife, Gavin decides to tell him the story of one of his deceased clients.
Oliver Rose (Michael Douglas) meets Barbara (Kathleen Turner) at an auction, where they bid on the same antique. Oliver chats Barbara up and they become friends. When Barbara misses her ferry home, the two end up spending the night together. Eventually the two marry and have two children. Over the years, the Roses grow richer, and Barbara finds an old mansion whose owner has recently died, and purchases it. But throughout the years, as Oliver becomes a successful businessman, Barbara appears to grow tired of her life with Oliver, and at the same time, begins to dislike him and everything he does. Oliver, for his part, cannot think what he has done to earn Barbara’s contempt. When Oliver apparently suffers a heart attack but survives, Barbara does not show any concern for his well-being, and ultimately admits that she no longer loves him and wants a divorce. Tension arises between the two when it becomes clear that Barbara wants the house and everything in it despite Oliver being entitled to half of everything.
Oliver contacts his lawyer, Gavin, and comes up with several ideas to get Barbara to leave, even going as far as to offer her everything in the house in exchange for letting him have it, but Barbara refuses, accepting nothing less than everything. Gavin eventually tells Oliver that no matter what, he cannot win, but in return, Oliver fires Gavin and takes matters into his own hands. Oliver and Barbara begin spiting and humiliating each other in every way possible, even in front of friends and potential business clients. Read more
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