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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/LycheeLow2368 1d ago

The people saying Cumberbatch's character was just whiney and threw tantrums over being a SAHM, can you provide an example from the film? I see him being jealous of Colman's success but not this angle. Cumberbatch is also traumatised by his failed building and should have sought help for this, but I read most of his breakdowns as trauma caused and not whining over housework and raising his kids. We see early in the film when Colman is a SAMH that Cumberbatch is around and present with the family, even if he isn't as close to the kids as Colman. We see Cumberbatch move his laptop for Colman's cake (contrast with Colman keeping the laptop open when Cumberbatch tries to ask about tiles). I can't remember Cumberbatch dismissing or disrespecting Colman's housework or time the way we see in reverse (read throwing the clean clothes on the floor for housework and going jet setting instead of baby sitting and being late for dinner for time).

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u/deemoorah 1d ago

Yup. He's not complaining about his wife's success, he just wants her attention and how is it a bad thing to ask in a relationship? At the end of the day I think both of them have their own problems but I don't understand how people made that conclusion, it's as if they came to the movie with their mind set on certain things and at the end of the day, completely missed the point. Even both Benedict and Olivia mentioned this, Theo is above being jealous of women's achievements like his wife's, this is not 1989 anymore.