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.
The War of the Roses has generally received positive reviews.
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The War of the Roses was released in 1989 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 533 reviews, giving The War of the Roses (1989) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 82%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 78%.
With a score of 74%, The War of the Roses is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1989, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1989 with similar scores include films like The Abyss, Lethal Weapon 2 and Field of Dreams.
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