The War of the Roses (1989)

A married couple try everything to get each other to leave the house in a vicious divorce battle. (116 mins.)

The War of the Roses (1989)
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Director: Danny DeVito
Writer: Warren Adler (novel), Michael Leeson (screenplay)
Stars: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht
Runtime: 116 min
Rated: R
Genre: Comedy
Released: 08 Dec 1989
Plot: 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..