The War of the Roses (Blu-ray) R

Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: September 18, 2012
  • Originally Released: 1989
  • Label: 20Th Century Studios

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 40,802
Rating: 4/5 -- Pretty good -- nice-looking -- black comedy with less copouts than usual.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Jul 21, 2004
Rating: 3/4 -- DeVito's taste for unorthodox camera angles and striking camera movements occasionally verges on overreaching but for the most part admirably serves the action.
Chicago Reader
Feb 11, 2008
Rating: 4/4 -- The film just keeps getting darker and more claustrophobic, like sliding down the center of a spiral. Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
May 26, 2006
Rating: 3/4 -- It's to the credit of DeVito and his co-stars they they were willing to go that far, but maybe it shows more courage than wisdom. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 1, 2000
Trying to wring yocks from a deranged couple locked in mortal combat over possession of their house is more suited to film noir than black comedy. Full Review
Variety
Feb 11, 2008
One of the most durable -- and characteristic -- comedies of the 1980s. Full Review
Film4
Feb 11, 2008
Rating: A- -- Greatly amusing, but its lasting achievement is DeVito's atmospheric authority, shaping a genuine filmmaking triumph in style and mood that deserves a standing ovation. Full Review
Blu-ray.com
Sep 28, 2012

Product Description:

Danny DeVito directs this black comedy about a long-married couple in the throes of divorce at the height of the materialistic 1980s, and his second feature far surpasses his first effort, THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN, in style, substance, and comedic impact. Barbara and Oliver Rose were the perfect couple--he was a prominent Washington lawyer, she had a wildly successful catering business, they had a great house, great art, great cars and great kids. But when Barbara begins to wonder about life without Oliver, she likes what she sees and sues for divorce; unfortunately, neither of them likes the prospect of life without their opulent home, and war is waged to determine who will keep it. The pair become increasingly outlandish in their battle tactics, moving from cunning to cruel to outright surreal, and DeVito's camera echoes this mood with its unorthodox angles and movement. DeVito himself narrates the action as Oliver Rose's lawyer, and Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas prove once again their chemistry as a passionately antagonistic couple (ROMANCING THE STONE, JEWEL OF THE NILE).

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