Irreconcilable Differences

Irreconcilable Differences is a 1984 Comedy-Drama starring Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, and Drew Barrymore. The film was a minor box office success, making over $12 million. For their performances, both Shelley Long and Drew Barrymore were nominated for Golden Globe Awards. The film begins with media attention surrounding Casey Brodsky's decision to divorce her parents and have cleaning lady Maria Hernandez become Casey's legal guardian, which resu... more

Irreconcilable Differences is a 1984 Comedy-Drama starring Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, and Drew Barrymore. The film was a minor box office success, making over $12 million. For their performances, both Shelley Long and Drew Barrymore were nominated for Golden Globe Awards. The film begins with media attention surrounding Casey Brodsky's decision to divorce her parents and have cleaning lady Maria Hernandez become Casey's legal guardian, which results in her parents Albert and Lucy Brodsky being brought out of their self-absorbed lives and being made to testify in court about their personal lives. Much of the film is presented as a flashback. At a truckstop in Indiana on the night of January 20th, 1973, film professor Albert Brodsky is hitchhiking across the country, where he gets picked up by Lucy van Patten, a woman who has ambitions of writing books, particularly for children, but is repressed by her fianceé "Bink", a gruff Navy man, and is depressed about being relegated to the... less