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The Roses
Directed by Jay Roach
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. From TMDB
212 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
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The Roses is a 2025 comedy drama romance film, directed by Jay Roach, starring Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Andy Samberg.
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60 of 212 · most liked firstAn incredible piece of Simpsons history uploaded to YouTube today: The Tracy Ullman short “Family Therapy” was repurposed as a theatrical short before 1989’s The War of the Roses—released 9 days before the Xmas special. This 35mm film scan has an original opening I’ve not seen before!
neutral · AI labelView post →Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman tell us about finally getting to star in a movie together with ‘THE ROSES’ “We’ve been friends for a while… we talked about it sort of drunkenly and noncommittally and then some grown ups went ‘this might work’.”
neutral · AI labelView post →if every commercial is going to say "The Roses, based on The War of the Roses" then you might as well have just named the movie The War of the Roses
negative · AI labelView post →FRANK'S FILM REVIEW: THE ROSES ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard in a movie theater. The Roses had the entire audience in stitches—genuine, uncontrollable, spontaneous laughter! This film is a true comedy gem, delivering nonstop humor... franksfilmreview.com/2025/08/31/t...
positive · AI labelView post →The worst movie I've ever seen - bar none, in a lifetime of seeing untold hundreds of movies - was "War of the Roses." I still remember sitting in the theater relieved that 2 hours of sheer torture were finally over Of course Hollywood is doing a remake because we're in the worst timeline ever
negative · AI labelView post →The Roses franksfilmreview.com/2025/08/31/t... I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard in a movie theater. The Roses had the entire audience in stitches—genuine, uncontrollable, spontaneous laughter! This film is a true comedy gem, delivering nonstop humor... #TheRoses #FranksFilmReview
neutral · AI labelView post →I wrote about The Roses, which is "dogged throughout by an issue that rarely afflicts stories about failing marriages: the lead actors have such chemistry, physical as well as comedic, that you can’t believe that they’d let the sun set on an argument." www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →oh wow The Roses, which you may have heard of as "that movie which got bad reviews" - it's not good! I'm not enjoying watching it! it's entirely unclear to me what I was expecting from it but here we are
negative · AI labelView post →My dad was a lawyer and when his practice first started he'd tell people going through a divorce to watch KRAMER VS KRAMER to orient themselves in the process. But after WAR OF THE ROSES came out, that's the movie he told them to watch.
neutral · AI labelView post →The new Wallace and Gromit film had a little nod to "the War of The Roses"...
neutral · AI labelView post →Takashi Miike really made a whole movie based on the premise of "what if War of the Roses was a spaghetti Western but also set in Japan during Heian era and also I cast really hot actors and make them all speak English" which inspires me, personally, to continue to make unpitchable works😌
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a lavish film, heavily influenced by the fad for romantic classical subjects in 19th century painting. The Roses of Heliogabalus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, certainly
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched WAR OF THE ROSES over the weekend with Allen, and it raised a question: who is the worst fake smoker in the history of movies? De Vito smokes like he's never heard of cigarettes in that film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Meh, it's pretty unlikely this will be good, because these nostalgia sequels are rarely good. I'd rather see them in something like WAR OF THE ROSES. A beloved couple from an adventure movie back together in an entirely different kind of movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →FWIW the movie is The Roses and it's fantastic if you like astonishingly dark comedies, which we do
positive · AI labelView post →I saw the People's Emergency Briefing at The Roses, hosted by Green councillor Cate Cody. A shocking film, but the final minutes show there is a way out. The petition for a national briefing passed 10k; the govt didn't commit. Its now on 25k. Can you help it reach 100k for a debate! Please share!
neutral · AI labelView post →I found out the Simpsons came to the big screen LONG before 2007. In 1989, the “Family Therapy” short from Tracey Ullman Show played in theaters with the Danny DeVito-directed film “The War of the Roses” (produced by James L. Brooks too!) the same month the show premiered.
neutral · AI labelView post →My charming, new conversation with Benedict Cumberbatch & Olivia Colman about their new “The Roses” film and their evolving careers! www.forbes.com/sites/jeffco...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ncuti Gatwa has a role in 'The Roses', a film scheduled to be released August 29. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm worn out, so I'm eating a prawn cocktail in my pjs watching Cumberbatch in The Roses. Any good Christmas film recommendations? Especially made in 2024/5 My blanket is coming along
neutral · AI labelView post →I think The Roses may be my favourite film so far this year. Savage, laugh out loud funny and beautifully acted.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched The Roses Regardless if you have read the book or watch the original film, this movie is able to have a lot of charm until the drama slowly kicks in but still has a lot of laughs to give. Especially thanks to Benedict Cumberbatch and Oliva Colman's performances.
positive · AI labelView post →THE ROSES might be the best movie i have seen all year
positive · AI labelView post →For #Bales2025FilmChallenge #Moviesky Jan 18: a film with roses... does The War of the Roses count?, A comedy about a married couple called Barbara and Oliver Rose heading for a divorce... weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2022/06/16/f...
neutral · AI labelView post →Never mind the jobs you've had or the classes you took, tell me 5 things you can eat until you explode. #FoodSky 1: Best line from 2025 film, The Roses: “taco after taco after taco” 2: Five layer, no 7!, 12 layer bean dip! 3: turkey, stuffing, cranberry sammie 4: my fried chicken 5: did I say taco?
neutral · AI labelView post →This summer I got the trailer for a bad looking movie called THE ROSES and when McKinnon showed up on screen I was like “Bari Weiss’ ex”, she’s been permanently stained by the association
negative · AI labelView post →It's so interesting that the person who wrote this piece thinks THE WAR OF THE ROSES doesn't show why Barbara hates Oliver. For a movie written and directed by men in the 1980s, I think it's extremely, refreshingly empathetic to Barbara and shows *exactly* why she hates Oliver.
neutral · AI labelView post →The reason this short is on Letterboxd is it played in movie theaters before showings of The War of the Roses in 1989. As for why people are claiming it's "lost media", I cannot help you
neutral · AI labelView post →Did anyone see the movie 'The Roses' (cumberbatch and coleman)? I had wondered if it was based on the movie from the 80s (it was), but my god, what a depressing film where EVERY marriage is miserable (and presented as that being normal!) Why do people stay married if they loathe the other person?
negative · AI labelView post →THE ROSES: Much better than I anticipated, maybe better than the original. The original film is meaner, but this one’s funnier. Also, it gives the unraveling of their marriage more weight. Cumberbatch and Colman are great, too. A comedy for adults. Feels like a goddamn unicorn.
positive · AI labelView post →Fancy going to the pictures today, torn between a new remake of a film 'The Roses', or a showing of the original Blow-Up. Never seen Blow-Up on a big screen, as I was only 8 first time round, and don't think my Mum would have let me see an A cert., so that might swing it. www.fact.co.uk/film/blow-up
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the Rose kids: “Why are you so cross at Mom?” Benedict Cumberbatch as Mr. Rose: “‘Cause I’m a dick.” There. With dialog from the script, I have saved y’all from having to sit through The Roses (2025). (I always found the ‘89 film too sour, but at least it committed to the bit.)
negative · AI labelView post →Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Here are my #LastFourWatched with my first trip(s) to the cinema since we went to see The Roses last September!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Roses franksfilmreview.com/2025/08/31/t... I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard in a movie theater. The Roses had the entire audience in stitches—genuine, uncontrollable, spontaneous laughter! This film is a true comedy gem, delivering nonstop humor... #TheRoses #FranksFilmReview
positive · AI labelView post →Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social stop and stomp The Roses #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Great movie weekend, and I’m not done. Saw three in the theater - THE ROSES (good), PRINCE: SIGN O’ THE TIMES (masterpiece), CAUGHT STEALING (amazing), and one at home - FREAKY TALES (phenomenal). May cap it off with JAWS in IMAX tomorrow.
positive · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness #MovieChallenge 20. A great movie that you will never watch again. youtu.be/5ebv3i_9Ltc?... The War Of The Roses
neutral · AI labelView post →People had mixed views on The Roses (I didn't, i loved it) but we must be in agreeance that Ncuti is FINE in this movie and that alone makes it a 10/10
positive · AI labelView post →Watched The Roses the other night. Very well done and acted, but man did I need a drink after watching it. It was intense. I remember seeing the original movie and feeling similar but I think the current climate we live in has my nerves on edge and made the new movie that much harder to bare.
neutral · AI labelView post →A historian who specializes in the War of the Roses probably shouldn't be your first choice for a nuanced read on Weimar era Germany, and a film historian focused on Golden Age Hollywood isn't your best source for something that happened 20-30 years earlier.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sophie Turner and Kit Harrington are going to be lovers in a Gothic Romance movie set during the War of the Roses which is so funny on so many levels
neutral · AI labelView post →Trump v Musk is what the 1989 film The War of the Roses would look like if it'd been directed by Quentin Tarantino.
neutral · AI labelView post →current favs ✨ 📺 tv series: Lincoln Lawyer 💼 🎥 film: The Roses 🥀 🎮 video game: Pokemon Champions 🎨 color: leaf green 🍀 🧩 activity: gardening 🎧 song: Ladies Room - Olivia Dean 🪩 🥣 fruit: cantaloupe 🍈
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy birthday to #oliviacolman! Can't wait to see her with Benedict in The Roses! So hyped about that film! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
neutral · AI labelView post →Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension is a banger... obviously. Caught Stealing also a banger. The Roses, though took some time to get to the meat of the story, is also banging. Thanks to that film and Deadpool for reminding me to leave the stove off. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →What do you do after the love has gone? Based on the same book as the 1989 film The War of the Roses…The Roses is entertaining and frothy enough, but there’s something about the glee it takes in internecine, mutual destruction that makes the result hard to love.3/5 film-authority.com/2025/08/26/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Danny DeVito is a comedy legend, but on his birthday--let's highlight his work as director. Made 3 bona fide bangers & a few less bangable. Hasn't directed a film since 2003. Time for another! Highlights⬇️ Throw Momma From the Train (1987) War of the Roses (1989) Matilda (1996) #filmsky 📽🎥🎞🎞
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched ‘The Roses’ last night, and I have to say: siccing ICE on the mother of your child seems as savage and ugly as any of the cruelties in that film.
negative · AI labelView post →Tonight’s Film Selection🍿🎥🎬: Danny DeVito’s 1989 masterpiece “The War of the Roses”. Douglas, Turner & DeVito were all spectacular! My favorite (of many) interaction: Turner (in a smoky voice): Have you ever made angry love? Devito: Is there any other way? #TonightsFilmSelection
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 1980s. Kathleen Turner, Barbara Rose, "The War of the Roses" (directed by Danny DeVito). #movies #films #favoriteperformances #kathleenturner #dannydevito #waroftheroses
neutral · AI labelView post →As the remake is now in cinemas, I just rewatched the original 1989 film The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito (who also directed it). 🍿🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →I love THE WAR OF THE ROSES, I could talk about this movie for hours.
neutral · AI labelView post →New CINEMA WORMS episode just dropped! This week Z and I talking about The Roses 🌹🍽️ and Caught Stealing 🏃🐈 Let our mini-review of each film help you decide whether its worth seeing!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hmm. There is to be a new film adaptation of "The War of the Roses". I'm a touch leery about this. The film that Danny DeVito directed in the late 1980s with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner is extremely well done and it made me feel utterly lousy.
neutral · AI labelView post →#JuneMovieChallenge Day 23: A Movie with one Spouse trying to kill the Other All but forgotten today, War of the Roses (1989) was the third collab between Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito (who also directed, his second film in that capacity). It's also *really* GD dark and funny.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Roses review is coming later today, in the meantime, got a movie collection and get to see Smurfs around before leaving in September possibly
neutral · AI labelView post →If THE NAKED GUN couldn't revive mainstream movie comedy, maybe THE ROSES will do the trick. (Stands up at park bench, stretches, sits back down, tosses a peanut to an appreciative squirrel.)
neutral · AI labelView post →It is officially time for movie theaters to knock it off with the War of the Roses remake trailer, the point is made
neutral · AI labelView post →Random Movie Recommendation Day 39: The War of the Roses (1989) A dark comedy made for children of divorce.
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched The Roses. Wasn't sure what to expect but: very funny film lmao 😂
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