Film: The Roses [2025] – Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kate McKinnon

The Roses highlights a battle of the sexes for today with a brilliant satiric screenplay supported by everyone on screen, especially the two lead actors.

Starring Olivia Colman & Benedict Cumberbatch, this remake caught me by surprise. While I saw the trailer in theaters, I wasn’t sure I’d be into it. But then, one rainy Saturday afternoon, I fell in love with it.

I don’t know why people are giving it a hard time. Yes, this is a remake of a previous movie, who’s also based on a book. I haven’t seen the previous movie, or read the book, and I don’t think it matters. On its own, this is a movie about a normal, human, and realistic love story between two British folks who ran away to California to raise a family, and their life.

Yes, The Roses won’t change anybody’s life, but Colman and Cumberbatch stir up enough comedy to make it a worthy diversion. They’re a match made in heaven. Especially Colman. She’s very natural and loveable as the Chef turned mom turned Chef. They both look to be having a ball though they don’t convince as a married couple. Still because of the subject matter we’ll never know if they lack chemistry or they’re simply really good at pretending to have been married for 15 years.

While the two lead actors are amazing, no movie works without the good side characters and actors. And this movie has a lot of those. From Andy Samberg to Ncuti Gatwa and Allison Janney. Everything about this movie directed by Jay Roach just effortlessly works.

I laughed, I laughed hard, I had fun, I’d definitely watch it again. In fact, I already did.

Should You Watch It?

One of the best romantic comedies I’ve seen in a while. Even when it’s dark, it’s very good.

Where Can I Watch It?

You can stream The Roses on Disney+ everywhere.