Turner, Michael Douglas, and director Danny DeVito poke fun at their previous Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile adventures in this dark 1989 divorce comedy.

| Jul 25, 2023

There's only a sprinkling of fire in The War of the Roses, and even Kathleen Turner's eyes-glistening-with-revenge performance cannot raise the film above being only incidentally severe.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 9, 2023

There's no foxier, more formidable screen vixen than Kathleen Turner, no better embodiment of self-deluding greed and innate sexism than Michael Douglas.

| May 20, 2020

DeVito's sprightly, slightly skewed approach can both surprise and please.

| Apr 10, 2019

Greatly amusing, but its lasting achievement is DeVito's atmospheric authority, shaping a genuine filmmaking triumph in style and mood that deserves a standing ovation.

| Original Score: A- | Sep 28, 2012

Wildly funny and deeply disturbing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 11, 2008

One of the most durable -- and characteristic -- comedies of the 1980s.

| Feb 11, 2008

DeVito's taste for unorthodox camera angles and striking camera movements occasionally verges on overreaching but for the most part admirably serves the action.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 11, 2008

Trying to wring yocks from a deranged couple locked in mortal combat over possession of their house is more suited to film noir than black comedy.

| Feb 11, 2008

The film just keeps getting darker and more claustrophobic, like sliding down the center of a spiral.

| Original Score: 4/4 | May 26, 2006

De Vito's quirky camera angles and Kathleen Turner's steely-eyed spite inject a sadistic comic-strip madness into a film that for once has the nerve to see its nastiness through.

| Jan 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 16, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 19, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 11, 2005

Pretty good -- nice-looking -- black comedy with less copouts than usual.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 21, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 2, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 13, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 18, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2003

DeVito exerts a control behind the camera that is otherwise almost nonexistent in contemporary American film comedy.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 30, 2003