What happens when the dream couple stop playing nice?
Ivy Rose (Olivia Colman) and Theo Rose (Benedict Cumberbatch) are the eponymous stars of The Roses – a whip-smart, emotionally unhinged portrait of modern marriage from director Jay Roach (Bombshell, Meet the Parents) and screenwriter Tony McNamara (Poor Things, The Favourite).
At first, it’s all romance, wit, and creative chemistry. But when Theo’s career implodes and Ivy’s takes off, the cracks in their idyllic life widen. As simmering resentments bubble to the surface, the once-inseparable couple descend into domestic war, armed with charm, ego, and dangerously sharp tongues.
A bold reimagining of the 1989 classic The War of the Roses, this new take blends savage humour with emotional honesty, exposing the absurdities of ambition, success, and middle-class perfectionism.
Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, Jamie Demetriou, Ncuti Gatwa, and more join Colman and Cumberbatch in a film that’s part satire, part tragedy, and painfully relatable.