It’s easy to forget just how consistently, bracingly nasty The War of the Roses is, thanks in great part to the extravagant, and festive, studio packaging it arrived in, unwrapped in cinemas 30 years ago this month. Urging him to consider his options, he tells the story of the Roses, a couple whose marital bliss ended in disaster. The Roses were doing everything they thought they needed to do to be happy but it wasn’t enough. In The War of the Roses, there’s no such relief. Dark studio comedies tend to end with light in fear of scaring off the wider crowd needed to justify a hefty budget, but global audiences embraced The War of the Roses in all its filthy glory.

Source: The Guardian December 05, 2019 06:15 UTC