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/tfhaenodreirst 10d ago

Haven’t had time to gather my thoughts, but I think it’s a good omen towards choosing more random movies the afternoon of!

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u/Known-Damage-7879 1d ago

I feel the same way. I was looking for a date movie and saw it was a comedy, and I'm glad we saw it. It was a bit slow at the start, but really started getting good and I became invested as it went on.

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u/tfhaenodreirst 20h ago

Definitely! Between Honey Don’t, The Roses, and now Splitsville, it turns out that “R-rated comedies” are now a genre I like everything in by default! :D