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Review: 'The Roses' Is a Thorny Mess
The story depicts a career reversal where Ivy's restaurant gains success while Theo faces public disgrace, fueling escalating tension in their marriage.
- The Roses is a 2025 film directed by Jay Roach starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as a married British couple living in California whose relationship deteriorates amid career reversals.
- The couple’s struggles escalate after a storm causes a museum designed by Theo to collapse while Ivy’s barely-known restaurant gains sudden success, flipping their career fortunes.
- The story opens with a couples' therapy session and spirals into sharp verbal sparring described as 'open combat,' culminating in a food fight at a dinner party and escalating nastiness.
- Critics praise the stars’ virtuoso performances as making the experience 'acidly enjoyable' despite criticizing the film’s 'off-puttingly shiny' design and increasingly implausible cruelty.
- The film portrays a darkly comedic exploration of marriage collapse and revenge that some reviewers find stretches credibility as the couple’s vicious conflict deepens.
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The Roses: Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch star in black comedy reboot
Danny DeVito's "jet-black comedy" "The War of the Roses" – starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as a couple whose love turns toxic – was a hit in the late 1980s.Now, a roster of top talent has been gathered for a new version, said Tim Robey in The Telegraph. "The Roses" is directed by Jay Roach ("Meet the Parents"; "Austin Powers"); it has a biting script by Tony McNamara ("Poor Things"; "The Favourite"); and stars Olivia Colman and Bene…
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