Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): 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.

The Roses is a reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses but with an acerbically funny script from Tony McNamara (The Favourite, Poor Things) and brilliant performances from Colman & Cumberbatch – this is rude, entertaining and very, very funny.

Rating

MA15+

Duration

105 MINS