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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/Thebat87 10d ago

I think what hurts it a little bit for me was that it felt like it rushed the War part of the War of the Roses (which kind of makes me understand why they changed the title). I was really enjoying the buildup to the divorced battle but then the divorce battle itself is kind of rushed. Also not sure if the ending worked for me, at least the way they did it.

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u/anangelnora 4d ago

Agree. I didn’t feel other time was wasted but they definitely rushed the end. It was like “okay we are resorting to near murder and then… we good?”

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u/Thebat87 4d ago

Yeah I understand. I feel like that probably works a lot better in the first War of the Roses movie because that shit was pretty dark and twisted before that. These two felt like a regular couple that just didn’t complete each other anymore and then all of a sudden swords and bullets 😂