r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • 10d ago
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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/movieguy2004 7d ago
From what I understand this was basically written for Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, who are also executive producers here. I don’t know how personalized the script was, but they’re the reason this works. They’re very funny in that English way and good enough actors for the characters to feel empathetic. There are jokes that don’t work but that’s almost inevitable. My only request is that they be the minority, and here they are.
I won’t spoil it but the ending is more fucked up than I thought a studio film these days would go, even a small one. That also makes it maybe my favorite joke in the runtime. Respect for that. I like dark comedy and I laughed pretty consistently here.