US EditionReview: The War Is Lost in 'The Roses,' a Cautionary Marriage Tale
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We Should Mourn, Not Laugh, at Broken Marriages
Source link Hollywood has long been in the business of minimizing marriage. Every sitcom I’ve ever seen must, it seems, regularly joke about how marriage is a prison, a trap, a why-did-we-ever-get-married bad idea. So it is in “The Roses,” a new release starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman. In “The Roses,” we are thrust immediately
Director Jay Roach offers a fresh vision of a failing relationship in Rose, based on the best-selling novel and immortal film starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner (1989's The War of the Roses). In this new version of the marital battle, Tony McNamara's wit takes precedence over the chilling partner thriller.
With the remakes it is not known what is worse: whether to saber a success of the past by tracing situations, dialogues, tone and style in the staging, implying both the judgment of unbeatable of the previously composed and the futility of the new proposal; or to change practically everything to fulm the essence of that which became famous, and to risk the inevitable comparison. The Roses belong to the second group, and that, in essence, is not …
In 1989, Danny DeVito's "The Rose War" abruptly overturned a marriage into bare horrors. Around 35 years, "The Rose Battle" is not just a remake, but a very British reinterpretation in the cinema. In it, screenwriter Tony McNamara unfolds the disintegration with psychological care.
'A Piercing Black Comedy': Here's What The Reviews Of The Roses Say
Venice Film Festival is in full swing, which means we're gearing up for a cosy season filled with plenty of good movies. One new film that's already got everyone talking is The Roses. The satirical black comedy is a reimagining of the 1989 classic war film The War Of The Roses, and based on the novel by Warren Adler. The movie follows Theo, an architect and Ivy, a chef, as their marriage becomes strained by their individual careers - and the bit…
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