Storyline

Albert and Lucy fall in love, get married, and have a daughter Casey. Everything is wonderful, until their work distracts Albert and Lucy from each other and Casey. They soon divorce and start fighting. Casey, who spends much time with their Latino maid and childminder, eventually decides to seek legal emancipation from her parents, and to go and live full time with the maid who has been taking care of her. The media pick up the case and have a field day with it, making things worse.—Brian W Martz

Plot Keywords

father, mother, daughter, director, writer, filmmaker, melodramatic, emotional, hollywood, calif., household, divorce, family dysfunction, childhood, work vs. family, infidelity, parenthood, love, discovery, 1980s

Short Review

Irreconcilable Differences is sometimes cute, and is about mean parents, but it also is one of the funnier and more intelligent movies of 1984, and if viewers can work their way past the ungainly title, they're likely to have a surprisingly good time.

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Streaming Service

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