Irreconcilable Differences Reviews

I originally saw this movie in 1985 with my kids and of course, we loved it! We were living in India at the time and videos were our only link to American culture. Fortunatley we had a copy (no comment).... Read more

This movie is hard to find but it's got some good morale to it.Two people ran off to Hollywood to get Married and it was a man and women.Next some producer shown them a movie Presentation and he assked them for... Read more

Someone above said she's not real in this. I thought she was very real. Her closing comments to the court are priceless and truthful. Also funny and dramatic is star Shelley Long, who is sunk with bad hairstyles and colors... Read more

The movie starts with a lawyer telling his client what it means to divorce. Then we find out his client is a precocious little girl.In the courtroom, the girl's parents begin telling their story, which we see though flashbacks. Albert... Read more

this is a great movie, full of humor and good performances. being that it is allegedly based on Peter Bogdonavich and his divorce, and his relationship with Cybill Shephard (Blake Chandler), it is quite insightful. but it doesn't settle for... Read more

I didn't know anything about this movie before watching it, except that Drew Barrymore divorces her parents. I think that could be why I found the movie so surprising. But the movie has so many elements that make it one... Read more

Irreconcilable Differences is one of the best movies of the 80s and quite possibly the most underrated love story ever made. For whatever reason, audiences chose to ignore this well-written and well-acted gem in 1984. I think it may have... Read more

"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... Read more

Say what you will about the Shyer-Meyers team ("Private Benjamin", "Father Of The Bride", "Baby Boom"), they know how to craft a movie, often exploiting every ounce of sentiment from their scripts. "Irreconcilable Differences" is somewhat of a departure for... Read more

Drew pretty much steals the show as the deadpan "reasoner"character: a child coping in the midst of two selfish,immature adults. I'd compare her to Tatum O'Neal in PaperMoon or Mary Badham in To Kill a Mockingbird for the wayshe anchors... Read more