Overview

• Searchlight releases the Jay Roach–directed reimagining in theaters on August 29 with an R rating and a roughly 105–108 minute runtime.
• Critics consistently highlight Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch’s chemistry and Tony McNamara’s barbed, witty dialogue.
• Several reviews argue the film’s glossy tone and softened edge drain the material of the savage bite associated with Danny DeVito’s 1989 adaptation.
• The update centers on a role reversal in which a rising restaurateur and a sidelined architect clash over career and parenting pressures.
• Noted drawbacks include underused supporting players like Kate McKinnon and Andy Samberg and complaints that Devon, England, unconvincingly doubles for Northern California.