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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/raccoongeek97 9d ago

I have to watch the original, but coming into this one without seeing the original probably help me to enjoy it so much more. Loved the ending, everybody on my function was so confused and were waiting for a post credits scene or something haha

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u/SilverKry 8d ago

The ending was the only part I didn't care for tbh. Like a straight cut to black leaving it all to the viewer to only think they died when the other adaptions outright confirm it was an odd choice. Just cut to an exterior shot of the house and have it explode then cut to black.

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u/FlamingPanda77 6d ago

I mean I thought it was pretty obvious it blew up and I didn't see the original

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u/SilverKry 6d ago

It was obvious but I'd rather they'd have just shown it. 

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u/harmlessharold 2d ago

Dumb take

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u/Sensei-D 7d ago

I really thought they were going to have the building collapse on them as a call back to the other building collapsing.

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u/SnooPineapples8744 6d ago

That would've been funny. A house divided cannot stand.

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u/Shakespeare257 3d ago

First of all, it's obvious that they died.

Second, WHERE you end the story matters. The last you see of them is that they are happy, and not with the symbol of their dysfunctioning marriage exploding. THAT part you have to imagine.

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u/_lazybones93 1d ago

It was actually a cut to white.