Overview

• Searchlight releases the film in theaters Aug. 29, with a reported 105–108 minute runtime and an R/15-style rating.
• Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch star as Ivy and Theo Rose, a British couple whose marriage unravels after her culinary rise and his architectural fall.
• Reviewers single out the leads’ chemistry and comic timing, calling them the movie’s chief draw.
• Many critiques say the remake softens the venom of the 1989 film, with uneven tone and a conflict that escalates less brutally than expected.
• Directed by Jay Roach from a Tony McNamara script, the ensemble features Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon and Allison Janney.