Top billed cast

1. 

   Michael Douglas

   Oliver Rose

2. 

   Kathleen Turner

   Barbara Rose

3. 

   Danny DeVito

   Gavin D'Amato

4. 

   Marianne Sägebrecht

   Susan

5. 

   Sean Astin

   Josh at 17

6. 

   Heather Fairfield

   Carolyn at 17

7. 

   G.D. Spradlin

   Harry Thurmont

8. 

   Peter Donat

   Jason Larrabee

9. 

   Dan Castellaneta

   Man in Chair

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Reviews

A review by kevin2019

Written by kevin2019 on 2025-05-16

"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 film ponders the notion is there any such thing as an amicable divorce? The film which results from this preponderance is a brilliantly bitter and ugly one that takes the issue to the absolute extremes o...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$26,000,000.00

Revenue
$160,188,546.00

Keywords

• marriage
• romance
• love-hate relationship
• lawyer
• divorce
• argument
• divorce lawyer
• hostile
• reminiscent
• excited