Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman Face Off in ‘The Roses’ in Cinemas Today

The Roses comes on the big screen today, and it’s anything but a romantic. Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman lead the way in this biting reimagining of Warren Adler’s The War of the Roses, the 1981 novel that first inspired Danny DeVito’s classic 1989 black comedy. This time, the marital battlefield has been redrawn for a new generation, with Jay Roach in the director’s chair and Tony McNamara penning the screenplay.

The story follows Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman), a California couple who appear to have it all—thriving careers, a family to be proud of, and a marriage that looks solid from the outside. But appearances are fragile things. When Theo’s professional life falters just as Ivy’s ambitions take flight, cracks widen into canyons, and what begins as tension soon spirals into full-scale domestic warfare.

The supporting cast sharpens the chaos. Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Ncuti Gatwa, and Kate McKinnon all step into the fray, ensuring that no scene goes without a sting. Behind the camera, the film is shepherded by producers Michelle Graham, Ed Sinclair, and Tom Carver, along with Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch team.

This isn’t the first time Adler’s tale of domestic destruction has hit the screen. DeVito’s 1989 version, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, became a box office success and earned multiple Golden Globe nominations. But where that adaptation leaned into its late-80s cynicism, The Roses plays with a contemporary edge, bringing a sharper lens to modern ambition, gender roles, and the fragility of intimacy.

Arriving in theaters today, The Roses is less about happily ever after and more about what happens when love curdles into loathing. With Cumberbatch and Colman tearing into the material, this new take promises fireworks of the darkest kind.

Check out the trailer below.

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