"Many movies that have been made detail the start of relationships. Those dizzying first moments of love flirtation and the spark of attraction, first kisses and the will-they-or-won't-they tension of so many romantic comedies. But what about a film centered on the other end of love, when things fall spectacularly apart? That's what we see play out in the new dark comedy, The Roses, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman."
"The movie, directed by Jay Roach, is a reimagining of the 1989 film The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, based on a 1981 novel of the same name. Cumberbatch and Colman are long time friends who were looking for a project to work on together when the opportunity to put their spin on the macabre comedy came about."
The Roses is a dark, macabre comedy directed by Jay Roach that reimagines the 1989 film The War of the Roses, itself based on a 1981 novel. Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman portray Theo, an architect, and Ivy, a chef, a once-loving couple whose marriage unravels after two children and a transatlantic move. The central conflict becomes their spectacular house, which both characters deeply value and weaponize against each other. The film explores the collapse of confidence, ego, and marital bonds rather than romantic beginnings. Cumberbatch and Colman are longtime friends who collaborated to put their own spin on the story.
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