The Roses (2025) Reviews & Ratings

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The Roses reviews

The Roses holds a 6.6/10 average from 820 TMDB ratings.

Reimagining a classic film can be tricky business, especially when it involves one that’s well-liked and well-known. But, with the right team behind such a project, the result can be positively delightful, and such is definitely the case with this reworking of the 1989 dark comedy, “The War of the Roses.” In fact, in this case, I’d even go so far as to say that this new production is actually an improvement over its…
— Brent Marchant (8/10)

I think you can tell when actors are enjoying making a film, and both Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch look like they enjoyed letting the badger loose here. He’s an architect and she a budding chef when they meet in her kitchen. A tiny bit of raw trout later - might that be a euphemism - and they are wed and we have skipped on to their lives in California. They have two children and he has just designed a dari…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

I didn’t expect this to be as funny as it was. Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman shared incredible chemistry. I laughed a lot and was the only one laughing, I don’t know if that’s good or bad. This was so fun but also shows a real side of marriage that could’ve been avoided with proper communication. As funny as this is, I’m sure people can identify with the marriage shown.
— JJ Rosales (7/10)

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: 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.

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