Film Review of Danny DeVito's "The War Of the Roses"

Released in 1989, The War of the Roses, was actor/director Danny DeVitos second birth take in and is the timeless story of how dickens people throw out of love and go through a beyond messy divorce. The film was adapted from Warren Adler novel of the same title and adapted for the screen by Michael Leeson. The comedy of this film is extremely dark, almost to the top that it may not be a comedy at all, but quite an a tragedy. The film focuses on the materialistic side of the Roses marriage rather then the human emotional side of their marriage. The fight escalates to the point where they are not harming for themselves but rather winning because the other person losses. It is also easy to see that DeVito interconnected a strong anti-materialism message into the film making it save to this day a very effective social message.

Materialism plays the halfway role in The War of the Roses, the film is more around how the character relate to their possession rather then to individually other. Even from the very beginning of Barbara and Oliver Roses marriage possessions have compete the major role. Material objects and fighting go hand in hand even from the very start of the Roses twisted relationship.



The two meet in fact by getting into a bidding war over a Japanese figurine at an auction on Nantucket. This sets the tone for their entire relationship, a relationship based on material possessions and neglect. Materialism becomes their greenness bond and the only time they can show happiness. With the exclusion of this first encounter, the only time in the entire photograph in which they appear to be happy with one another(prenominal) is when, early in their marriage, Barbara buys Oliver a classic Morgan. Their happiness together hinges...

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