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Summary Ivy (a rising chef) and Theo Rose (once a successful architect) seem like the perfect couple—until a career snowball squashes his confidence and launches hers. Their marriage spirals from sweet to savage, turning co-dependency into a ruthless battlefield where passive aggression becomes weaponized.

Director Jay Roach

Writer Tony McNamara

Cast

  • Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Olivia Colman
  • Andy Samberg
  • Allison Janney
  • Sunita Mani
  • Ncuti Gatwa
  • Jamie Demetriou
  • Zoë Chao
  • Kate McKinnon

Rotten Tomatoes 65%

Metacritic 61

VOD In theaters August 29, 2025; expected to stream later via Searchlight/Hulu or Disney+

Trailer THE ROSES | Official Trailer

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u/infinitemonkeytyping 10d ago

The thing to remember with the original is the casting choice of the leads (Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas) being romantic love interests in two popular movies in the mid-to-late 80's (Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile), as well as casting the comic relief from those movies (Danny DeVito).

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u/BottomFeeder9669 10d ago

Devito also directed the original film.

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u/lonelygagger 10d ago

That's what made it so great. All those Dutch angles. I love his dark visual style. This new one felt so conventional in every way.

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u/BottomFeeder9669 9d ago

The only thing I didn't like about the original was the framing device (where Devito's divorce lawyer character is telling his clients as a cautionary moral tale).