THE ROSES (16 DLSV)

Directed: Jay Roach (Meet the Parents, Trumbo).
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Alison Janney, Kate McKinnon.

All’s Fair When Love Is War.

Based on the novel by Warren Adler, and with a screenplay by Tony McNamarra ( Poor Things), this dark satirical comedy is a reimagining of the 1989 classic The War of the Roses with Michael Douglas.
Life seems easy for pitch-perfect couple Theo and Ivy : successful careers, a loving marriage, and great kids .However, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentments soon emerge when Theo’s career nosedives and Ivy’s own ambitions take off.