The Roses

The Roses R16 2025 | 105 mins Emmy-winning director Jay Roach (Trumbo) pairs Olivia Colman with fellow Oscar veteran Benedict Cumberbatch for this adaptation of Warren Adler's novel The War of the Roses. Ivy (Colman) and Theo (Cumberbatch) are the picture-perfect couple who have successful careers, great kids, and an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down. Danny DeVito directed an adaptation of the same novel, 1989's The War of the Roses, which starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as the feuding couple.