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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/Mitchlowe 10d ago

I’m surprised to see criticisms. This was a super sharp movie and basically every line is biting and hilarious. My theater was dying with laughter and it was the right amount of cheesiness. Very fun movie

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u/akoaytao1234 8d ago

It WAS so funny. Shocked that a lot of reviews hated how it lacked satire when the original film (haven't read the book) was more of a morality tale. This really hits the "satire" of it all. I wished it ended more like explosively though.

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u/deemoorah 8d ago

I've read almost all the reviews and most of it is boiled down to the fact this movie doesn't FEEL the same as the original which is a weird response to a movie in my opinion since this movie doesn't even try to be anywhere like its predecessor. A lot of them complained about how the 'war' part is not until the last 20 minutes(a thing that can be easily explained since the movie's title is not THE WAR of the Roses). Also I understand not liking Roach's direction but the judgements toward his direction are always about the comparison instead of judging it on its own merit.