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Name: The Roses
Released: 2025-8-29
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilow

The Roses

R
1h 45m
2025

66%

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing. As Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. “The Roses” is a reimagining of the 1989 classic film “The War of the Roses,” both based on the novel by Warren Adler. Directed by Jay Roach with a screenplay by Tony McNamara, “The Roses” stars Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Samberg and Kate McKinnon. Warning: Some flashing-lights scenes in this film may affect photosensitive viewers.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

66%

Critics Consensus: The Roses' blend of broad comedy and dark satire makes for an uneasy marriage, although watching Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch trade barbs is a treat onto itself.

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Sarah Cartland

Colman and Cumberbatch look to be having a ball though they don't convince as a married couple. Still because of the subject matter we'll never know if they lack chemistry or they’re simply really good at pretending to have been married for 15 years.

This is not a bad film, by any means, it’s just frustratingly toothless when it should be leaving visible bite marks; a black comedy that’s nowhere near black enough.

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Jane Freebury

A battle of the sexes for today with a brilliant satiric screenplay supported all the way with wonderful, relatable performances by all, especially th two lead actors

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ABC Radio (Australia)

Mel Campbell

Blackly hilarious, in what comes across as a very British way … but I was surprised that it focused so much on the affection in this marriage. This is a story of two people who punish each other out of disappointment, because they both feel abandoned.

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Movie Madness Podcast

Erik Childress

There is something distinctly American about this story and utilizing a pair of our most charming English actors reduces 10% of the original’s bite. Jay Roach and the script reduce the other 90% of the dark satire resulting in a remake that is a true zero

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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Theatrical Release Date:August 29, 2025

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