Divorce Wars (1982)

A successful but self centered divorce attorney (Tom Selleck) finds himself in the same boat as his clients when his long suffering wife (Jane Curtin) sues him for divorce. Hurt and angered, he begins to understand the pain and endless process that divorce often has caused. Written, produced and directed by Donald Wrye (ICE CASTLES). What should have been a devastating portrait of a divorce that turns horribly nasty, along the lines of KRAMER VS. KRAMER (though to be honest, I disliked that film), is severely compromised by a sappy ending but more deadly, an offensive comedic subplot about an unhinged husband (Charles Haid) terrorizing his ex-wife (Candace Azzara). At least, this film is more understanding of the wife's need to get out of a marriage that's suffocating her than KRAMER's misogynistic viewpoint. In a rare dramatic role, Jane Curtin is impressive as the wife who's been pushed into the background as her husband climbs the ladder of social and financial success. With Joan Bennett, Mimi Rogers, Viveca Lindfors, Joe Regalbuto and Philip Sterling.