Film Influencer 2025 - The Roses

All’s fair when love is war. The Roses is a 2025 satirical black comedy film directed by Jay Roach, loosely based on the 1981 novel The War of the Roses by Warren Adler, and a remake of the 1989 film. 

Starring an absolute all-star cast of Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilow, Sunita Mani, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou, Zoë Chao and Kate McKinnon. 

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Colman) & Theo (Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. 

With so much coarse language, so many witty one-liners, this was a fun little film. The only bad thing was, a lot of these funny bits were actually in the trailer.

So maybe avoid the trailer below...

Colman & Cumberbatch are divine in this war of the roses. If you need a laugh and want to see some extremely talented actors deliver a masterclass in acting, look no further than The Roses.

I enjoyed this rapid fire, sub two hour comedy.

There were advance screenings this weekend, however the film opens Thursday.

3.5 Stars.