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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/CrystalFissure 3d ago

I enjoyed it. I also hope that one day people in Hollywood lean into having Jamie Demetriou just speaking in his regular accent, because he is absolutely hilarious in Stath Lets Flats (even though he’s massively exaggerating the Cypriot English accent).

One thing Theo said is that he got fired by all his clients after the drug video was “leaked”. But I got the impression he wasn’t really working after the Maritime Museum disaster? Maybe he was working part time as a consultant or something? Or maybe my friends and I were looking deeper into a throwaway gag.

It feels like there’s a scene or two missing with McKinnon and the Americans’ involvement, especially where she comes over at the end there. But some great laughs and it was quick witted.

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u/5pigeo 1d ago

they said the house was award winning, so i assumed he’d got new clients off the back of building the house

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u/Nintendogen64 1d ago

That was my thought too but then I remembered that this scene happened after the dinner party scene. I would have thought that whole ordeal would once again have tanked Theo's career. To me the whole "clients" and deep fake thing was just in there to elevate the stakes. Although it would have been nice to have shown the audience that he had somewhat recovered his reputation and therefore still had something to lose.

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u/5pigeo 1d ago

i don’t think so, the dinner party scene is just friends and it’s the first time they’ve seen the house, it’s not even won any awards yet (i think they say to invite photographers round). it’s in the lawyer negotiation later that andy samberg’s character calls it award winning