US EditionMovie Review: 'The Roses' Gives Scathing New Take on 'War' of Divorce
Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch portray a couple whose marriage deteriorates amid rising culinary success and architectural failure, highlighting ego clashes and family conflicts.
- Opens Aug. 28, Searchlight Pictures releases The Roses, directed by Jay Roach with a screenplay by Tony McNamara, featuring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch as Ivy and Theo Rose, adapted from Warren Adler's novel.
- The film centers on Ivy Rose and Theo Rose's unraveling marriage, with the couple's house as the pivotal issue and tension fueled by Ivy's culinary rise and Theo's architectural collapse in Mendocino.
- Running 105 minutes, the film features therapy session and dinner party scenes that escalate sniping, while culinary trappings—including a James Beard award, David Chang, and Julia Child's stove—highlight Ivy's journey.
- The reviewer gives The Roses 4 out of 5 stars, noting its Rated R language, sexual and drug content, and describing it as 'not a date-night movie.'
- The Roses positions itself as a fresh black comedy, blending droll British humour with glossy Hollywood filmmaking, with its shocking finale provoking an audible gasp from audiences.
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Review: ‘The Roses’ wilts despite Cumberbatch and Colman’s thorny banter
Like drops of water hitting a hot pan, Jay Roach’s “The Roses” makes a dramatic sizzle, then evaporates on contact. Adapted from Warren Adler’s 1981 novel and a remake of Danny DeVito’s 1989 film “The War of the Roses,” starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Roach’s film is an update on this black comedy about the ultimate marriage strife. He’s installed a pair of Brits, Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, as the quarrelsome couple, a…
‘The Roses’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman Sand Down the Sharper Points of a Classic Satire
Jay Roach's spin on "The War of the Roses" is compelling enough as a retooled story (it's truly its own thing), but it's missing the bitter pop of Danny DeVito's 1989 spin on the Warren Adler book.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman replace Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in this new version of the 1989 classic, in theaters this Wednesday. We always talk about a couple that is tearing apart, with more humor but much less madness.
Thirty-five years after Danny DeVito's black comedy masterpiece, the remake septicized with Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumbertach in a torn couple turns out to be a nasty misogyny.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman convince in "Die Rosenschlacht" as a couple in the marital crisis. A film about how a relationship can break slowly and with great noise.
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