Forget the resurgence of the studio rom-com. Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch herald the comeback of the studio ‘anti-rom-com’ with the wickedly funny . The ever-reliable British actors star in Jay Roach’s tragicomedy as a married couple on the brink of divorce in The Roses.

While the film draws direct inspiration from Warren Adler’s novel and Danny DeVito’s 1989 film adaptation of the same name, updates its source material with debates on gender norms, violent slapstick antics with modern gadgets, and a cast that’s stacked with the who’s who of TV comedy, including the likes of Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, and Ncuti Gatwa.

What’s also different is a change in setting. The original film settled for an upscale mansion in Washington DC as the marital battleground, while is set in a s

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