Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'The Roses' is a thorny mess BRUCE R. MILLER Sep 5, 2025 Sep 5, 2025 Updated Oct 27, 2025 0 × BRUCE R. MILLER Bruce Miller, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter, says "The Roses" strikes out with three misses - miscast, misdirected and misguided. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two of the biggest thorns in “The Roses” are stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman.kAm|:D>2E4965 7C@> E96 368:??:?8[ E96J ;FDE <66A 5:88:?8 2 9@=6 F?E:= E96C6’D ?@ A=@E E@ F?4@G6C]k^AmkAmr@?D:56C:?8 :E’D 32D65 @? “%96 (2C @7 E96 #@D6D[” E92E’D E@@ 325] %96 7:CDE 7:=> — H:E9 |:4926= s@F8=2D 2?5 z2E9=66? %FC?6C — 925 7@C46 2?5 DEJ=6] %9:D ;FDE 3@2DED 2 }2?4J |6J6CD\=:<6 9@FD6 2?5 2 4=6G6C 42>6@ 3J p==:D@? y2??6J]k^AmkAmrF>36C32E49 2?5 r@=>2? 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Movies & TV 'The Paper' brings 'The Office' into world of journalism | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Sioux City Journal & Lee Enterprises
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