Los Roses

It's a dark comedy about marriage set from 2011 to 2025, briefly in London, England, but mainly in Mendocino, California. Theo Rose (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a frustrated, idealistic architect who wants his designs to reflect their environment. He meets Ivy (Olivia Colman), who dabbles at gourmet cooking and hankers to move to America. They impulsively marry and move to California, where in ten years Theo starts a flourishing career while Ivy raises their twin children, Hattie (Hala Finney/Delaney Quinn) and Roy (Wells Rappaport/Ollie Robinson). We also meet some friends, such as Barry (Andy Samberg) and Amy (Kate McKinnon). As things are going well, Ivy starts a small seafood restaurant with Theo's support.

Suddenly, in 2021, a major disaster turns their lives upside down--Theo loses his position and takes over raising the kids, while Ivy's restaurant suddenly becomes a major success. Their relationship deteriorates amid acerbic dialogue and conflict avoidance, culminating in an explosive climax.

I like both Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as actors, and believe they deliver excellent performances in "The Roses," as the script features clever, edgy repartee between their characters, and their chemistry is outstanding. However, the secondary characters don't work as well. The Barry and Amy characters are memorable, but most others are not. The Allison Janney character has her best lines in the trailer.

This movie was really funny. I loved seeing Olivia Colman become a fierce girlboss and reversing the gender norms with Benedict Cumberbatch having to be the stay at home dad. The kid actors (Ollie Robinson and Delaney Quin) did an incredible job playing American kids who grew up in the US but had the caustic wit of a Brit.

Kate McKinnon and Alison Janey are hilarious in their roles. I was just sad Alison Janey wasn't in the film more.

Overall it was fun, hilarious and a really good movie. Highly recommend you go see it.

Benedict & Olivia are incredible actors who flex between comedy and drama so effortlessly they provide a performance masterclass in a film beautifully made and wonderfully written, with hilarious supporting turns from Kate and Andy. Super poignant and powerful with lots of brilliant, laugh-out-loud moments. Highly recommended.

Really Funny

Theo and Ivy have been married for 10 years, they have 2 kids and live in California. Ivy is a phenomenal chef and starts to work part time while minding the kids and Theo is an architect building a landmark in Cali. As disaster hits and Theo must stay home, it aligns with Ivy and her career flourishing, this is when the hatred starts and it all goes down hill.

The movie is really good, it's been a while where I laughed a lot in the cinema. The movie is a comedy and actually feels like one.

There is a very strong supporting cast, Andy Samberg being great along with Ncuti Gatwa. Kate McKinnon is in this but Jesus her character drove me mad.

The chemistry between Cumberbatch and Colman is top class, a believable couple, believable arguing and story line.

I laughed, I was moved at times, and I smiled a lot, definitely worth watching in cinemas or at home, 8/10.

Olivia Colman & Benedict Cumberbatch were sublime as usual. No notes.

Andy Samberg also did the best he could and somehow managed to not make his character seem annoying given the writing.

The movie needed a lot more Allison Janney who was great for the few minutes she was in and a lot less Kate McKinnon whose character was just absurd and over the top for no reason. Did not find her remotely funny.

None of the other characters were fully formed and you couldn't care less about them. Wasted some really talented actors like Ncuti Gatwa in throw away roles.