Amid crabs, napkin drawings and a star-studded comedic cast, “ The Roses ,” the new dark comedy film from director Jay Roach and writer Tony McNamara, begs the question: Can the modern couple really have it all?

“Two artists? It’s just incredibly difficult,” Allison Janney told Variety on Tuesday evening, reflecting on the film’s premise at the New York premiere.

Based on Warren Adler’s comedic anti-romance novel, “The War of the Roses,” the Searchlight Pictures movie follows Ivy ( Olivia Colman ) and Theo Rose ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) as they navigate marriage, raising twins, and balancing their careers as chef and architect, respectively. But, just when Ivy’s crab shack begins to boom with buzz and success, Theo’s latest architectural venture comes crashing down.

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