The Roses – would The hilarious Roses smell as sweet by any other name? – At a cinema near you now! 1 hr and 45 mins

Couples and relationships especially marriages, can lead a merry path of love, trials and tribulations, jealousy, loathing, laughter, difficult times and ultimately may end up with a counselling service! What better way to start a story than on the couch then where the audience soon discovers why Theo and Ivy are there. The saga moves quickly on from the opening scene to “get down to brass tacks”.

This is a tongue in cheek comedy saga which is satirical and black in parts. Apart from the story line which is entertaining and fast moving, the semantics  and script lead the audience on an entertaining  dance which sometimes is completely and totally “outside the box” and very challenging to digest. There are no holds barred on the issues of mental health and what one thinks of one’s partner when in a negative frame of mind.

Starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch as Theo and Ivy  clearly wins the day with their likeable children and enchanting living circumstances.  Set in the USA, the film was actually filmed in Salcombe, Devon. There’s a visit to a shooting club, lavish parties, a growing and flourishing restaurant chain and a holiday in New York featured.  The romantic episodes in the restaurant add to the dark hilarious flavour of the story but the wording and script are really the theatrical things which permeate this work. Script Writers are Warren Adler and Tony McNamara and the Director Jay Roach.

Without being a plot spoiler the story line behind each of the stars in the film  is different and interesting. Despite their idiosyncracies and eccentricities, both stars manage to breathtakingly  convey characters which can and do exist. There seems to be a lot of on screen chemistry between the two  which adds to the enjoyment of the story.

This is the second film spawned by the book The Roses by Warren Adler – the book is adapted substantially so if you read it AND see the film you will find many differences.

Of course, Mr and Mrs Smith was an overblown black comedy starring a difficult love affair so this type of genre is experimented with from time to time leading to essentially entertaining viewing and making questions arise in the minds of perhaps many members of the audience.

The landscape scenes are tastefully filmed and add to the enjoyment and pleasure of being a “spy” on the marriage analysed featured and addressed.

Don’t forget to laugh! ENJOY!

Penny Nair Price

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The Roses – would The hilarious Roses smell as sweet by any other name? – At a cinema near you now! 1 hr and 45 mins

Couples and relationships especially marriages, can lead a merry path of love, trials and tribulations, jealousy, loathing, laughter, difficult times and ultimately may end up with a counselling service! What better way to start a story than on the couch then where the audience soon discovers why Theo and Ivy are there. The saga moves quickly on from the opening scene to “get down to brass tacks”.

This is a tongue in cheek comedy saga which is satirical and black in parts. Apart from the story line which is entertaining and fast moving, the semantics  and script lead the audience on an entertaining  dance which sometimes is completely and totally “outside the box” and very challenging to digest. There are no holds barred on the issues of mental health and what one thinks of one’s partner when in a negative frame of mind.

Starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch as Theo and Ivy  clearly wins the day with their likeable children and enchanting living circumstances.  Set in the USA, the film was actually filmed in Salcombe, Devon. There’s a visit to a shooting club, lavish parties, a growing and flourishing restaurant chain and a holiday in New York featured.  The romantic episodes in the restaurant add to the dark hilarious flavour of the story but the wording and script are really the theatrical things which permeate this work. Script Writers are Warren Adler and Tony McNamara and the Director Jay Roach.

Without being a plot spoiler the story line behind each of the stars in the film  is different and interesting. Despite their idiosyncracies and eccentricities, both stars manage to breathtakingly  convey characters which can and do exist. There seems to be a lot of on screen chemistry between the two  which adds to the enjoyment of the story.

This is the second film spawned by the book The Roses by Warren Adler – the book is adapted substantially so if you read it AND see the film you will find many differences.

Of course, Mr and Mrs Smith was an overblown black comedy starring a difficult love affair so this type of genre is experimented with from time to time leading to essentially entertaining viewing and making questions arise in the minds of perhaps many members of the audience.

The landscape scenes are tastefully filmed and add to the enjoyment and pleasure of being a “spy” on the marriage analysed featured and addressed.

Don’t forget to laugh! ENJOY!

Penny Nair Price