Product Details

• Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore, Sam Wanamaker, Allen Garfield
• Directors: Charles Shyer
• Format: NTSC
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: October 15, 1989
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301465032
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,991 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please bring it out on DVD!, March 13, 2005

By	Bobby J. Truong (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Irreconcilable Differences [VHS] (VHS Tape)

What a nice film, enjoyed and never get tired of additional viewings. Shelley Long and Ryan ONeal were fantastic together. Definitely one of the best 80s films.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Forgotten Gem, August 1, 2004

By	Scott FS (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

The reviews for this film are wildly uneven, but this is a very good, very funny film. Revolving around an unlikely plot device, the 'divorce' of her parents by Casey Brodsky (played very capably by Drew Barrymore), the film skewers her parents, who are obsessed with pursuing their own goals with throughly ignoring their child.

The acting is good to very good. Shelly Long (Lucy Van Patten Brodsky) does a competent job as the down-on-her-luck mother, who, after whallowing in self-pity after she separates from her husband, re-invents herself after she writes a best-selling novel.

Ryan O'Neal plays Albert Brodsky, and is very good as the highly successful movie director who casts his very young lover in a horrible musical version of 'Gone With The Wind', and loses all of his money (and his reputation). To add insult to injury, his lover runs off with the limo driver and Lucy buys his old house.

(The scene of the making of 'Atlanta' (the musical GWTW) is simply hilarious. 'But we've got every fly in the state!')

Recommended.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Out Of The Mouths Of Babes..., June 5, 2002

By	F. Gentile (Lake Worth, Florida, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Irreconcilable Differences [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A terrific little "gem" of a movie. Very witty & well written story, told in flashback, of child, played wonderfully by little prodigy Drew Barrymore, who's divorcing her battling parents. Little Drew seems to be the only sane person here, the adults all progressively deteriorating into vindictive, obnoxious, immature beings. The parents are portrayed with comic skill by Ryan O'Neal & Shelley Long. Watching them meet, fall in whirlwind love, achieve fame, grow apart... is funnier than it sounds, though also at times very moving. Sharon Stone, in what I believe was her introductory role, is hysterical as new star "Blake Chandler", the obnoxious, self-centered opportunist in sheeps clothing. Her scene in O'Neals characters pathetic and doomed musical version of "Gone With The Wind", where she sings, always cracks me up, she is so perfectly talentless, arrogant, and awful. Just a great little underrated film, that is very entertaining, comical, and ultimatley very touching. There ain't a dang thang wrong with this movie. Definatley worth watching.