DVD Review: Irreconcilable Differences (The Lost Collection): Ryan O’Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore, Charles Shyer: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: Irreconcilable Differences (The Lost Collection): Ryan O’Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore, Charles Shyer: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 16 April, 05:56 AM

Product Description
In a tale alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation.

Please bring it out on DVD!,

By Bobby J. Truong (Philadelphia, PA) -

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.

Out Of The Mouths Of Babes…,

By F. Gentile (Lake Worth, Florida, United States) -

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.

Wonderful underrated movie,

By Joseph Haggard Jr. -

“Irreconcilable Differences” is finally coming to DVD, and all I can say is: IT’S ABOUT TIME! This is a wonderful underrated movie that was released in theaters way back in the fall of 1984. I remembered seeing it at the theater when it was released. My mother took me to see this and the Sally Field movie “Places in the Heart” in the same day. And it was great to see not one but two great movies at the theater in one day. However “Irreconcilable Differences” was not a hit at the box office, and got pretty much lost while waiting for a DVD release. It was released on home video in the old VHS format, but it has taken what has seemed like forever for the film to get released on DVD. I was constantly checking amazon.com to see if this movie was ever going to be released, and was getting frustrated not seeing anything about a DVD release date. That was until today, when at long last I found out that this terrific little movie was finally getting released on DVD.

“Irreconcilable Differences” is a comedy-drama that tells the story of a Hollywood couple who marry, have a kid, make movies, write novels, and in the end (after one fight too many) are sued for divorce by their 9 year-old daughter. The stars are: Ryan O’Neal, who was still a big star at the time this movie was made (he has since pretty much disappeared from the acting scene and has been having personal problems in real life); Shelley Long, who was starring on the hit TV sitcom “Cheers” at the time when she made this; a very young Drew Barrymore, who made this a few years after hitting it big with Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial”; and a young Sharon Stone, who would go on to be a big star of 90’s movies such as “Total Recall”, “Basic Instinct”, and “Casino”. It was directed by Charles Shyer, who co-wrote the screenplay with Nancy Meyers (his wife at the time). This is the same team who won an Oscar nomination for writing the screenplay to Goldie Hawn’s hit 1980 comedy “Private Benjamin” and would go on to make the hit comedies “Baby Boom” (1987), “Father of the Bride” (1991), and “Father of the Bride 2″ (1995). Meyers later turned to directing and scored box office hits with “The Parent Trap” (1998), “What Women Want” (2000), and “Something’s Gotta Give” (2003).

“Irreconcilable Differences” wasn’t a hit at the box office, but it received some good reviews from the critics (overall the critical response was mixed). Roger Ebert and his late partner Gene Siskel gave it two thumbs up (both critics gave the movie 3 1/2 stars for their newspaper reviews), and it received 2 Golden Globe nominations: Shelley Long was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy), and Drew Barrymore was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. Everybody does a good job here. O’Neal, Long, and Barrymore are perfect as the Hollywood family who go through good times at first, then rough times later when the couple split up after constantly fighting all the time and in the process ignore their little girl, who feels lost through all of this and decides enough is enough.

I’m hoping that “Irreconcilable Differences” will be released in the widescreen format on DVD. That’s the way to view movies. I’m also hoping for some extras on the DVD too. But even if there aren’t any extras on the DVD, I’m just glad that it’s finally coming to DVD period. It’s been long overdue.
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