Spoilers: Let’s Talk About the Ending of ‘The Roses’

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Before I get to the spoilers for the remake , let’s do a quick refresh on the 1989 film The War of The Roses , directed with lush flair by Danny DeVito. DeVito also starred as Gavin, a colleague of Oliver Rose (Michael Douglas) who acts as his divorce lawyer in his tumultuous separation from his wife, Barbara (Kathleen Turner). The film is framed as a cautionary tale Gavin recites to another would-be divorcee, with a simple message: Be generous, and get through the divorce as quickly as possible for your own sake, or go home and try to make it work. Otherwise, you might end up like Oliver and Barbara …

Though you may not know the extent of the tragedy unfolding, this frame m

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