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Page THE We4uLkv 1980 Roses is black comedy Entertainment By Herald Special MOVIES In Trie War of the Roses is a flawed but disturbing black comedy about divorce and the foll of materialism Danny directed this dark scenario of a well off couple who are both deter mined to hold on to their beautiful house and all the treasures within Unfortunately the touches of tragedv are a little and this film isn always sure what it wants to be comedy or drama Barbara Turner and Oliver Michael Douglas are a couple who have it ill two children a cat a dog a housekeeper and a gorgeous house Money is not a problem the kids are going to Harvard However things start to fall apart as Bar has a midlife crisis and wants to be free of Oliver Poor Oliver doesn know what has hit him Instead of giving up and going on with his life Oliver digs in refuses to give up the house and the two end up living in their own sections Then all hell breaks loose One deed leads to another until the house becomes a war zone and nothing is sacred or safe The bat tie ends tragicallv and the dience is left stunned and silent worn out from the emotional and physical violence of the film s last hour DeVito Olivers partner and his lawyer Gavin tells the story in flashbacks he wants to caution a client about the hor rors of divorce and this is a tionary tale if ever there was one Douglas is perfectly cast as the ambitious preoccupied butloving husband who loves his wife come hell or high water Turner is good as the unloving Barbara although the camera seems to dwell endless ly on her breasts and DeVito is fine as the narrator Marianne Sagebrecht is the confused housekeeper who is in the middle This is a harrow iomed dark in vision with generallv sympathetic characters which does not help It is a look at marriage depicted here as an isolating union where couples grow apart and come to loathe the false intimacy thai occurs It is on ly through the closeness that mar nage brings that such hate and vengeance can breed The humor is often ironic and sometimes frightening and the movie seems a little long but on the whole The War of the Roses is worth Couples should see it together and if am of us are unfortunate enough to go through divorce let us remember to be kind You t want to end up like the Roses would vou Before you send it seal it with a Christmas SeaU fox DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS For Under 400 Across From GO SlatlDn King SI Georgetown 8773541 BURGER WWW 773642 WATCH FOR OUR TWO HAMBURGERS FOR 100 STARTING JANUARY 2nd89 lit VIDEO PLUS Wait of Georgetown BRING HOME A STAR THIS WEEK STIR TREK GREAT BALIS OF FIRE HARRY MET 134 SI Unit Georgetown Ontario THE LUNG ASSOCIATION CRITICS CHOICE VIDEO Rentals Snrvlce Open Every Night Till 10 I U OFF VCR or Microwave Repair With This Ad Guelph St G00EY GOOD TRYOURNEWX DELIVERY SERVICE 308 St SEASONS GREETINGS FROM THE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT oSK 8731409 i VIDEO RANCH BETA NINTENDO VMS chooscfhom CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 5 MOVIES FOR FROM SATURDAY DEC TOTUESOAY DEC MACHINE RENTALS CAMCORDER VCR NINTENDO Street Support BLUE BOX program this lass hollies md slot and c and plastic drink containers RECYCLING It only works if all do our part Seasons Greetings GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET 8731999 CINEMA Seasons Greetings Hwy Winston Churchill in Horn I Ontario on hTh HOLDING SERVICE PARCEL DELIVERY CINEMA 3 AFTER FIVE THINGS TO DO PLACES TO GO lit ttU FOR YOUR LISTENING AND DANCING PLEASURE MAIN ST 8773388 j UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT MUSIC CENTRE WIDE SELECTION OF MUSCAL AMI SONG BOOKS AND SHEET MUSIC- PRIVATE LESSONS FOR GUITARPIANOPERCUSSION SI Unit GEORGETOWN LAST 2 DAYS Christmas Vacation Evenings at 700 915 pm Sat Sun Matinee at 200 pm CINEMA 2 NO COUPONS OR PASSES ACCEPTED 2nd GREAT WEEK iwwDEWO Evenings at 700 91 pm NO COUPONS OR PASSES ACCEPTED A DON FILM ToHeavcn FnM rf of THE BtFOSE TUU 5th GREAT WEEK SATURDAY SUNDAY MATINEE AT 200 PM TUESDAYS PASSWORD This Waaks Password Is THURSDAYS TANGO CASH