Like drops of water hitting a hot pan, Jay Roach’s “The Roses” makes a dramatic sizzle, then evaporates on contact.

Adapted from Warren Adler’s 1981 novel, and a remake of Danny DeVito’s 1989 film “The War of the Roses,” starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Roach’s film is an update on this black comedy about the ultimate marriage strife. He’s installed a pair of Brits, Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, as the quarrelsome couple, and there are no two finer actors to take on the tangle of insults penned by Tony McNamara, who wrote the screenplay. Copy article link

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