The person who coined the phrase, \u201cno one ever died of divorce\u201d never saw 1989\u2019s The War of the Roses<\/em>, starring Michael Douglas<\/strong> and Kathleen Turner<\/strong>. And Gwyneth Paltrow<\/strong> and Chris Martin<\/strong> aside, uncouplings haven\u2019t gotten any less brutal in the three-plus decades since.<\/p>\n In this remake, Olivia Colman<\/strong> stars as Ivy, a chef whose new restaurant turns her into a celebrity. Her architect husband, Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch<\/strong>), meanwhile, just got fired from his job.<\/p>\n That\u2019s when their seemingly picture-perfect marriage hits the skids. It starts with bickering, quickly escalates to insults, then to legal maneuvers and finally to all-out violence.<\/p>\n But as a chef, Ivy knows that revenge is a dish best served cold, which is why she hires no-holds-barred attorney Eleanor (Allison Janney<\/strong>) to represent her.<\/p>\n Kate McKinnon<\/strong> is hilarious as the (married) neighbor who\u2019s ready to pounce on Theo even before the ink on his divorce is dry, while Andy Samberg<\/strong> plays her outmatched husband.<\/p>\n Cumberbatch\u2019s pitch-perfect performance as an egomaniac who takes out his reduced circumstances on his wife, and Colman\u2019s great comic delivery decisively answer the question of why The War of the Roses<\/em> needed a remake.<\/p>\n The Roses<\/em> | In theaters Friday, Aug. 29 R<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-27-at-3.54.06-PM-copy.jpg\")