Overview

• Jay Roach directs from a Tony McNamara script based on Warren Adler’s novel, with Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch starring.
• Ivy emerges as a celebrated chef while Theo’s architecture career falters, recasting the couple’s power balance and sharpening the verbal battles.
• The film favors lighter, dialogue-driven comedy over the original’s more physical, dark tone.
• The story stretches across roughly two decades, focusing on the evolution of the relationship rather than a single rupture.
• Cumberbatch and Colman serve as executive producers, with Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, Ncuti Gatwa and Allison Janney featured in the ensemble.