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Although slow at times Irreconcilable Differences is an involving film. It's very funny at times and also very touching too. To me it's an epic divorce movie with a knock out performance from Shelley Long. The scene when Long tells Ryan O'neal, "You look like a rat!" (while throwing a book at him).. is priceless. There are a number of scenes that are just as funny. The story is about a young girl (Drew Barrymore a few years after E. T.) that wants to divorce her very self-centered, career busy parents (Long & O'Neal). After I finished watching the movie I had the desire to see a few other Shelley Long classic's.. "Hello Again", "Troop Beverly Hills", & "The Money Pit" all came to mind. Who would have thought I'd be having a Shelley Long-athon this week? The film also stars Sharon Stone in her film debut.4 stars.

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Good!
I saw this movie on cable when my parents still had HBO and though I thought it was a cute movie to watch once I'm glad I didn't go to see it when it was in the movie theaters and pay movie theater prices for it but it was enjoyable for a one time viewing and it had a great cast including Drew Barrymore when she was still a child actor and Ryan O'Neil and Shelley Long who I have always thought were both very underrated actors. The movie was for the most part enjoyable but was kind of dull in spots.

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Sign of the times
Looking back on the era, this movie found a niche among those of us whose parents divorced in the late 70's and early 1980's. While the situation of the two parents(Long & O'Neal) and their subsequent divorce was definitely "Hollywood" the underlying root causes for the break-up were what many of us children in the 80's were facing as are children still to this day.

As divorce has sadly become more "mainstream" I think this movie still touches on the fact that many parents are continuously wrapped up in their own feelings and needs than those of their children. Perhaps watching "Irreconcilable Differences" should be part of a prerequisite for couples considering having or adopting children.