In the first sequence of The Roses (The Roses) we see the main character couple in therapy listing what they appreciate about their respective spouse. The aggravation of their respective lists ("it's better than living with a wolf", "he has arms" ...) scares the marriage counselor to the point that she diagnoses that as a couple they are hopeless. In the new adaptation of Warren Adler's novel, which Danny DeVito already brought to the screen in 1989 with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, the protagonists are English people living in the United States, and they find the wit of their respective insults hilarious, which, in turn, has scared the American therapist.