Overview

• Searchlight Pictures releases the R-rated film in theaters on August 29 with a 1 hour 45 minute runtime.
• Jay Roach directs from Tony McNamara’s screenplay in a contemporary reimagining of Warren Adler’s The War of the Roses.
• Reviewers consistently commend Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman’s performances and prickly rapport.
• Many note a long relationship build before a roughly 20-minute destructive showdown, with several calling the ending polarizing.
• Set on the Northern California coast with British protagonists, the film features Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, Allison Janney, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou and Zoë Chao in support.