Directed by Jay Roach and written by Tony McNamara, the film reimagine and updates the 1981 novel “The War of Roses” written by Warren Adler.
This Thursday reaches theaters The rosesthe film directed by Jay Roach and written by Tony McNamara who reimagines and updates the 1981 novel “The War of Roses” written by Warren Adler.
The film is starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch as the idyllic marriage that will gradually fall into a spiral of cynicism and violence.
In a tone closer to light comedy, this new adaptation differs from the 1989 film adaptation, which is much darker and more physical in terms of humor. THE WAR OF THE ROSES It was starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner and directed by Danny Devitowho also co -starred in the film.
What the roses is about
The synopsis indicates that Theo (Cumberbatch) is an ambitious architect, obsessed with design and perfection. IVY (Colman) is a talented chef who has built his career from scratch, with an admirable passion for the kitchen. They met randomly and quickly fell in love. After marrying and having two children, they move to the west coast of the United States, where Theo is about to consecrate with his last masterpiece – a nautical museum of high profile in San Francisco – and Ivy opens their own shellfish restaurant. But its dynamic, marked by mutual admiration and silent competition, begins to fracture when the architectural project of Theo collapses literally, while Ivy reaches a new level of professional success. What begins as elegant sarcasm becomes ruthless attacks, and the language of love becomes a battlefield.
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If there is something that greatly differentiates the roses from the 1989 adaptation (since the comparisons are inevitable) is that we see much more time dedicated to showing this relationship over time. Marriage, fatherhood, business success and sudden failure for him, and business failure and sudden success for her. All this leaves a more limited space for the inevitable moment where violence takes over history.
A storm is the initial foot tip so that the roles in marriage change and from there will be a slow but constant path where selfishness and individualisms come more. Its protagonists are key for the film to work. Colman’s English accent and Cumberbatch puts the touch to the Peopleto the sarcastic humor But also at the moments of love in the couple.
The Roses arrives at theaters on Thursday, August 28. Jay Roach directs from the script by Tony McNamara. Cast: Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilow, Ncuti Gatwa, Sunita Mani, Zoë Chao, Jamie Demetriou, and Kate McKinnon. Based on the novel “The War of Roses” by Warren Adler.
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