Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15064 in VHS
• Released on: 1999-05-25
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Formats: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 110 minutes

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable romantic comedy
War Between Men and Women is a warm hearted romantic comedy based on the works of James Thurber. Similar in style to the old tv show, My World and Welcome to It, the film incorporates animated figures representing Thurber's drawings and commentary on the eternal battle of the sexes. Jack Lemmon is perfectly cast as the "man" who hates women, children, and dogs but falls for Barbara Harris, the "woman" who comes bag and baggage with all three. If your a Barbara Harris fan and consequently regret she didn't make more movies, this is the picture that proves she had the talent to be a star. One sour note, this video has been edited for content. Some scenes have "offensive" bits of dialogue bleeped out. In other words brief silence on the soundtrack

Bitter sweet comedy in a classic sense
Jack Lemmon and Barbara Harris were a perfect match in this classic comedy. The special effects with the cartoon drawings incorporated into the movie were excellent. I first saw this movie when I was a kid and it still makes me laugh.

All That and Thurber, Too
What most reviewers miss about this romantic comedy is that it's primo for its style -- Good Neighbor Sam, Please Don't Eat the Daisies -- and they decided to spice up the montages by animating Thurber comics (since the central figure is a misanthropic cartoonist who falls in love in spite of himself). It's an old fashioned comedy, funny like they used to be: two dimensional characters, a conflicting love interest (Jason Robards taking a break from O'Neill for a change) interjected to put the heat on and help things come to a boil, and a flock of children each responding to the situation in a different way -- like the second tier comedia del arte characters. Give yourself a break, get a bottle of wine, a pizza, and a friend with a sense of humor and make an evening of it.