There's no stopping the hatred for Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner once the gloves are off in this deliciously sinister black comedy that leaves no prisoners alive. Their initially ideal marriage sours just as their children are leaving the nest, a growing sense of disappointment and hatred that has been growing for years unbeknownst to them. The hatred that hatches out of love is a hatred that can never be given a truce, showing how adults when pushed to the brink can act more like children than children.
There's no pointing the finger to either Douglas or Turner as to who is at fault. Each of them has their reasons for their actions, and even though Douglas claims that he still loves Turner, his little humiliations of her in front of guests and slighting neglects are passive/aggressively imbedded in her mind. A health crisis for him brings out all her inner feelings of hatred towards him, and from there, the venom is deadlier than any viper.
The superb script and direction helps this become a fantastic black comedy that is like a rollercoaster, tiltowhirl and bumper car combined, speeding quicker than traffic on any California freeway. Through the eyes of attorney Danny De Vito, the story is told as a warning, not favoring either spouse, and certainly not misogynistic or misandrist in any way. It is an equal opportunity hater towards a marriage that is till death do we both part, a study of what happens when neither person in a relationship is willing to give.
There's no pointing the finger to either Douglas or Turner as to who is at fault. Each of them has their reasons for their actions, and even though Douglas claims that he still loves Turner, his little humiliations of her in front of guests and slighting neglects are passive/aggressively imbedded in her mind. A health crisis for him brings out all her inner feelings of hatred towards him, and from there, the venom is deadlier than any viper.
The superb script and direction helps this become a fantastic black comedy that is like a rollercoaster, tiltowhirl and bumper car combined, speeding quicker than traffic on any California freeway. Through the eyes of attorney Danny De Vito, the story is told as a warning, not favoring either spouse, and certainly not misogynistic or misandrist in any way. It is an equal opportunity hater towards a marriage that is till death do we both part, a study of what happens when neither person in a relationship is willing to give.