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The War of the Roses

The War of the Roses

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 8, 1989

Runtime

1h 56m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

69%

Original Title

The War of the Roses

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, Gracie Films

Director

Danny DeVito

Budget

$26,000,000

Revenue

$160,188,546

Description

The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.