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Sep 28, 1984 · Irreconcilable Differences: Directed by Charles Shyer. With Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore, Sam Wanamaker. Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
- (3.3K)
- Charles Shyer
- PG
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
Although "Irreconcilable Differences" is a movie about family life, it's also a perceptive portrait of success and failure in Hollywood, with a good ear for the way people use the language of Leo Buscaglia to describe the behavior of Machiavelli. The Drew Barrymore character sees right through all of this.
Irreconcilable Differences. Albert Brodsky (Ryan O'Neal) and his wife, Lucy (Shelley Long), are both highly successful in their fields. While Albert has a thriving career as a filmmaker, Lucy is a ...
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- Charles Shyer
- PG
- Drew Barrymore
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Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both. Charles Shyer. Director, Writer. Nancy Meyers.
If you liked the meat of Kramer vs. Kramer, the reasoning goes, this movie should be the sauce. Too bad. Irreconcilable Differences, the latest comedy by the husband-and-wife writing team that simmered away schmaltzily in Private Benjamin, has its seasonings awry. [28 Sep 1984, p.B1] Read More. See All 9 Critic Reviews.
"Irreconcilable Differences" is a very good seriocomedy about a Hollywood couple who are sued for divorce by their 9 year-old daughter. Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, and Drew Barrymore are well cast as the family torn apart by career, jealousy, and a little girl caught in the middle who just can't take it anymore with her parents' constant fighting.