The War of the Roses
Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.
1989 | 116m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Danny DeVito |
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| Writer: | Michael J. Leeson, Warren Adler |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 08, 1989 |
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| Director: | Danny DeVito |
| Writer: | Michael J. Leeson, Warren Adler |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | marriage, love-hate relationship, romance, lawyer, divorce, argument, divorce lawyer, hostile, reminiscent, excited |
| Production Companies | Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $160,188,546
Budget: $26,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 21, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Michael Douglas | Oliver Rose |
| Kathleen Turner | Barbara Rose |
| Danny DeVito | Gavin D'Amato |
| Marianne Sägebrecht | Susan |
| Sean Astin | Josh at 17 |
| Heather Fairfield | Carolyn at 17 |
| G. D. Spradlin | Harry Thurmont |
| Peter Donat | Jason Larrabee |
| Dan Castellaneta | Man in Chair |
| Gloria Cromwell | Mrs. Marshall |
| Harlan Arnold | Mr. Dell |
| Mary Fogarty | Mrs. Dell |
| Rika Hofmann | Elke |
| Patricia Allison | Maureen |
| Peter Brocco | Elderly Mourner |
| Philip Perlman | Bidder at Auction |
| Susan Isaacs | Auctioneer's Assistant |
| Trenton Teigen | Josh at 10 |
| Bethany McKinney | Carolyn at 10 |
| Shirley Mitchell | Mrs. Dewitt |
| Ellen Crawford | Nurse #1 |
| Michael Adler | Dr. Hillerman |
| Lisa Howard | Nurse #2 |
| Jeff Thomas | Orderly |
| Jacqueline Cassell | Gavin's Secretary |
| Vickilyn Reynolds | Nancy - Oliver's Secretary |
| Eunice Suarez | Latin Woman |
| Julia Elliott | Latin Assistant |
| Tony Crane | Teenage Boy |
| Ryan Wickers | Josh at 3 |
| Shaun Wickers | Josh at 3 |
| Catherine Donohue | Carolyn at 3 |
| Mary Donohue | Carolyn at 3 |
| Sue Palka | Anchorwoman |
| Morris Jones | Anchorman |
| Popeye | Benny |
| Roy Brocksmith | Mr. Fisk |
| Peter Hansen | Mr. Marshall |
| Robert Harper | Heath |
| Prince Hughes | Bleeding Man |
| Danitra Vance | Manicurist Trainee |
| David Wohl | Dr. Gordon |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael J. Leeson | Screenplay |
| M. James Arnett | Stunts |
| Janet Brady | Stunts |
| David Rubin | Casting |
| Gloria Gresham | Costume Design |
| Ida Random | Production Design |
| Thomas Lofaro | First Assistant Director |
| Jeffrey M. Ellis | Second Assistant Director |
| Nicholas C. Smith | Additional Editing |
| Anne D. McCulley | Set Decoration |
| Mark W. Mansbridge | Art Direction |
| Stan Tropp | Set Designer |
| Mark Fabus | Set Designer |
| Chuck Eskridge | Set Painter |
| Dustin Blauvelt | Camera Operator |
| Alan S. Blauvelt | First Assistant Camera |
| Bob Apger | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lisa Beach | Casting Assistant |
| John Ganem | Assistant Editor |
| Alex Skvorzov | Gaffer |
| Errol Reichow | Assistant Location Manager |
| Kathryn Blondell | Key Hair Stylist |
| John M. Elliott Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Wilma Garscadden-Gahret | Script Supervisor |
| Mary Courtney | Production Coordinator |
| Paul Rylander | Assistant Property Master |
| Clyde Hart | Key Grip |
| Jeff Wexler | Sound Mixer |
| Don Coufal | Boom Operator |
| Rocky Gehr | Special Effects Technician |
| Richard L. Hill | Special Effects Technician |
| Francis Pennington | Special Effects Technician |
| Richard Drown | Stunts |
| Marcia Holley | Stunts |
| Sammy Thurman | Stunts |
| James C. Taylor | Transportation Coordinator |
| Ken Bellanca | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Reid Burns | Color Timer |
| Sarah Goldsmith | Dialogue Editor |
| Michael Magill | Dialogue Editor |
| Elliott Koretz | Dialogue Editor |
| Douglas Greenfield | Dolby Consultant |
| Marian Wilde | Foley Supervisor |
| Chuck Michael | Foley Editor |
| John Duvall | Foley Editor |
| Gary Gegan | Foley Mixer |
| Tom Villano | Music Editor |
| Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Michael J. Kohut | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Matthew Iadarola | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Bill W. Benton | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Tim Boyle | Scoring Mixer |
| Rachel Shaw | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jennifer L. Ware | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Renée Tondelli | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Laura Graham | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Mary Ann Skweres | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Valerie Davidson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jeanine Schaack | Apprentice Sound Editor |
| Danny DeVito | Director |
| David Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Lynzee Klingman | Editor |
| Stephen H. Burum | Director of Photography |
| Michael Runyard | Stunt Coordinator |
| Robert Latham Brown | Unit Production Manager |
| Richard Sakai | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Leslie Shatz | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| François Duhamel | Still Photographer |
| Debra Zane | Casting Assistant |
| John Frazier | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Patricia M. Peters | Stunts |
| Chuck Picerni Jr. | Stunts |
| Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw | Stunts |
| Scott Wilder | Stunts |
| Jon H. Epstein | Stunts |
| Cris Thomas-Palomino | Stunts |
| Warren Adler | Novel |
| Frederick 'Skip' Wilson | Transportation Captain |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael J. Leeson | Co-Producer |
| James L. Brooks | Producer |
| Arnon Milchan | Producer |
| Polly Platt | Executive Producer |
| Doug Claybourne | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 20 | 27 | 17 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 246 | 574 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 865 | 895 |
kevin2019
10.0
"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 woma ... n 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 of human behaviour like never before as the luxurious marital home is gradually reduced to a shadowy and dangerous battlefield. Danny DeVito excels magnificently behind the camera as director and he achieves the admirable feat of producing eye catching visuals which don't dominate or derail the entire film.
May 15, 2025