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The War of the Roses

1989 · 116 min

A viciously funny and escalating portrait of a marriage turning into a domestic war zone, sharp, mean, and oddly satisfying.

Tagline: Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.
Overview: 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.

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
obsession
class
greed
love
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	3
Humour	7
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Written by: Michael J. Leeson
Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht, Sean Astin, Heather Fairfield, G.D. Spradlin, Peter Donat
Music: David Newman
Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum
Runtime: 116 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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