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The Roses: A Mini-Review
I often don’t find remakes of films to be worthwhile. That’s not the case with Jay Roach’s reimagining of the 1989 film The War of The Roses, based on Warren Adler’s book of the same name. Titled simply and tellingly, The Roses, this remake worked for me.
I enjoyed this version better than the much beloved original. Perhaps it’s the time or the timing, but the fact that the remake focuses more on the comedy and less on the black comedy is what won me over. Don’t get me wrong. I love black comedy and this film is still in that genre, but the brightness of the comedy is what makes it work.
The star pairing of Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman is sublime. As a couple who seem to have it all before they start tearing everything to shreds, Cumberbatch and Colman deliver as delicious a repartee as the dishes Colman’s character whips up with her cooking. Roach plants the moments for the payoffs perfectly, and even pays homage to the original with a few clever winks. Everything makes sense in the story’s update to our current era including a delightful spin on the perils of having a new home designed from the ground up with smart technology.
Fans of the original know where the story is going, but this time around I found myself almost rooting for a different ending, just to keep the banter going. Scathing wit hasn’t been this much fun since Hepburn and Tracy.
The supporting cast that includes among others Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, and Kate McKinnon is superb though a bit underutilized. Even so, they do deliver a delightful ensemble turn as Americans enjoying and being seduced by their own growing, yet completely naive awareness of the lead couple’s Britishness.
The Roses was released late in the summer of 2025 and I just caught up with it on streaming (Disney+) and I’m glad I did. Whether you’re a fan of the original or not, this remake is a good and funny diversion amidst all of the bad times we’re living through. To top it off, Colman and Cumberbatch deliver a master class in comedy.
You can also find more of my writings on a variety of topics on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome. I can also be found on social media under my name as above.
#AndySamberg #BenedictCumberbatch #Comedy #Disney #Film #films #JayRoach #movieReview #Movies #OlivaColman #reviews #TheRoses #TV
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Stacey Wilson Hunt Sets Second Season (and New Home) for ‘My Hollywood Story’ Podcast
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Doch, MEET THE PARENTS von 2000 ist gut gealtert. Weiterhin ein Film, dessen Erzählelemente bestens ineinandergreifen, mit Szenen, die zumeist gleichzeitig zum Lachen und schmerzhaft sind. Und auch der 22-jährige konnte heute damit noch einmal seinen Spaß haben, nachdem er ihn als Kind mitgeschaut hatte. Eine Komödie auf dem Weg zum Klassiker.
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#oliviacolman and #benedictcumberbatch have a thorny relationship in entertaining new (anti?) #romcom #theroses
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Benedict Cumberbatch Calls ‘The Roses’ a “Date Night Film” Despite Its Dark Themes
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#DerRosenkrieg wird in heutiger Zeit als #DieRosenschlacht neu erzählt, geht dabei über den alten #Film und dessen Buchvorlage hinaus. Regisseur #JayRoach liefert mit #OliviaColman & #BenedictCumberbatch in den Hauprollen gute Unterhaltung, die etwas mehr versucht, als nur lustig oder dramatisch zu sein.
Hört uns darüber im #Podcast #DieLetzteFilmkritik sprechen:
https://www.dieletzte.website/filmkritik/2025/08/28/theroses
#Filmkritik #Review #Kritik #Rezension #Kino #Filme #Movies #Remake
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Film Review: THE ROSES (2025): Jay Roach's Remake Offers Solid Performances, Yet it Lacks the Bite of the Source Material
#AllisonJanney #AndySamberg #BenedictCumberbatch #CarolinePartridge #DelaneyQuinn #HalaFinley #JamieDemetriou #JayRoach #KateMcKinnon #MargaretClunie #MovieReview #NcutiGatwa #OliviaColman #OllieRobinson #Searchlig...
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‘The Roses’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman Can Do Almost Anything, Except Convince Us They Belong Together
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‘The Roses’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman Are Sublimely Acerbic Even if the Marital Comedy Pales Next to the Original
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‘The Roses’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch And Olivia Colman In Witty Remake Of Marital Slugfest
#News #Reviews #AllisonJanney #AndySamberg #BenedictCumberbatch #JayRoach #KateMcKinnon #OliviaColman #TheRoses #TonyMcNamarahttps://deadline.com/2025/08/the-roses-review-benedict-cumberbatch-olivia-colman-remake-1236496435/
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Ben Stiller Explains Why This Was the Right Time to Revisit ‘Meet the Parents’: “Life Informs Everything”
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Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Jay Roach Tease New ‘Meet The Parents’ As Original Has Audience In Stitches At 25th Anniversary – Tribeca Festival
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Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman Brawl Over Bitter Divorce in ‘The Roses’ Trailer
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Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman Go to Battle in Raunchy Trailer for ‘War of the Roses’ Remake
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#MeToo @ Fox News – „Bombshell“ (2019)
Den Hashtag #MeToo gab es noch nicht, als die Fox-News Journalistin Gretchen Carlson die Bombe hat zünden lassen, die Roger Ailes, den Chef des amerikanischen Kabel-Nachrichtensenders, noch kurz vor den US-Präsidentschaftswahlen 2016 aus seinem Job katapultiert und das Imperium des Rupert Murdoch erschüttert hat.
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CJ Group’s Miky Lee to Give USC School of Cinematic Arts Commencement Address
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Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch to Lead ‘War of the Roses’ Remake
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Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman to Star in Jay Roach’s ‘The War of the Roses’ Reimagining fo Searchlight
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Benedict Cumberbatch & Olivia Colman Team With Jay Roach On ‘The War Of The Roses’ Reimagining For Searchlight
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From #director #JayRoach with #Oscarnominated #BryanCranston, #HelenMirren and #DianeLane. The story of #blacklisted #HollywoodWriter #DaltonTrumbo