The War of the Roses

In the final scene in the chandelier, Barbara goes from being barefoot, to shod, back to barefoot again.

When Barbara runs over Oliver's sport car in their yard, a ramp cover with grass is visible.

At the estate auction at the beginning of the film, Oliver and Barbara bid against each other for the figurine of a woman.

Oliver's auction book shows a photo with the caption, "Chinese Homunculus".

The auctioneer then describes it as an "exquisite Japanese carving".

During the dinner party scene, Oliver and Barbara are in the kitchen.

After Oliver says, "You're not equipped to, honey", there is a close-up on Barbara in which a roll of paper towels is visible on the wall.

Then there is a cut to a wider shot, and the length of towel hanging from the roll has changed.

When Barbara cartwheels down the stairs, the stairs are clearly flat, slanting downwards, making it easier for the stunt performer to perform the cartwheels.

Additionally, they are standing on a curved staircase, but the stairs on which the stunt person does the cartwheels appear to be perfectly straight.

When Oliver and Barbara are eating dinner at either end of a long dining room table, there are two glasses in front of Oliver (when he is looking toward his food).

When we see Oliver's end of the table from Barbara's perspective, the two glasses are not there.

Before Oliver flips over the dining room table after eating the pate, the candles are clearly lit.

When he flips the table, the candles are not lit.

When Benny (the dog) greets Oliver as he is coming out of the sauna, we hear Benny barking, however we see him licking Oliver.

When Oliver and Barbara are eating dinner, the cutlery which Barbara is holding changes hands depending on the angle of the shot.

The tire jack that Oliver uses to grab onto the chandelier falls to the floor and lands under the stairs.

At the end, when Gavin and Susan break into the house, however, it is laying right next to Barbara's body by the broken chandelier.

When the 2 wires come loose letting the chandelier fall, they're shown wired directly to the fuse box without a switch - no way to control the electricity.

After Barbara runs over Oliver's car, we see a view from the left side of the crushed car.

Then, after a shot of the dinner guests followed by a close-up of Barbara in the truck, there is a shot showing the front of the car, with steam suddenly rising from the engine.

Since the car was not running, the engine would not have been hot, so there would have been no steam.

When Oliver and Barbara are in their first, small house, the number of pencils in the box on Oliver's desk varies from shot to shot within a scene.

When Oliver is hit by the pot, his top hat falls off.

In the next shot when he hits the floor, the hat is back on and falls off again.

Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas's battle in "War of the roses" is not completely an even two sided battle like some people's reviews have said. Douglas isn't a real saint, but Turner's character is definitely worse.

Danny DeVito directs and co-stars in this 1989 comedy starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Dan Castellaneta based on the novel. This takes place in Washington, D.

A classic black comedy that stood the test of time. Douglas and Turner, after having played lovers in the Romancing the Stone comedy series, turn serious (but not too much) in this dark drama about a disaffected couple.

This film is an amalgam of romance, comedy, thriller and a dash of weepie cos, through it all, he still loves her. Boy meets girl and they get married, then, very slowly over the years tensions mount for Barbara (Kathleen Turner) until one evening she announces to Oliver, "every time I look at you I feel I could smash your face in.

I caught The War of the Roses in theaters back in '89 when it released and if my memory serves me correct it was over the Christmas period as I distinctively remember festive cheer everywhere in the mall. I was rather surprised when I exited the theater that The War of the Roses should be bundled into a Christmas release schedule when the reality was that the film was rather ruthless and relentless in its depiction of a marriage going sour and turning into two-way bloodbath of a divorce.

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner ... and a movie that is heightened to a degree that it can't even be taken serously.

Performances: 8/10 Pacing: 3.5/10 Plot: 6/10 Writing: 5.

This gem of a movie oddly never got enough praise. It's a stroke of genius right there, and the whole thing is simply flawless.