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The War of the Roses
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2186
- IMDb #2461
- Rotten Tomatoes #1848
- Metacritic #1008
- Letterboxd #2374
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1692
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2503
- Metacritic Critics #706
- Metacritic Audience #1997
- Criticker #1739
- Kinopoisk #1420
- AlloCiné #2122
- Trakt #2768
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 84. Critics average 82, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A seemingly perfect married couple's relationship deteriorates into utter loathing. When they decide to divorce, neither is willing to give up their magnificent shared home. Their separation escalates into an all-out war of psychological and physical sabotage within the house, each using increasingly destructive and cruel tactics to force the other out, destroying their property and their lives in the process.
Details
- Director
- Danny DeVito
- Writer
- Michael J. Leeson
- Based on
- The War of the Roses by Warren Adler
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox, Gracie Films
- Released
- 8 December 1989
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $26.0M
- Box office
- $160.2M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| BAFTA Awards 1989 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Michael J. Leeson | Nominee |
| Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear 1989 | Best Director | Danny DeVito | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1989 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | James L. Brooks and Arnon Milchan | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1989 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Michael Douglas | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1989 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Kathleen Turner | Nominee |
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5 awards — The War of the Roses
×| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Michael Douglas | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Kathleen Turner | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | James L. Brooks and Arnon Milchan | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Michael J. Leeson | Nominee |
| Best Director | Danny DeVito | Nominee |