About this episode
Families at War are Peak Comedy
This week on the podcast, Brian and Darryl are reviewing two very different family movies… one where the whole family works to fight the “King of the North”. The other was an all-out brawl with Mom and Dad for all the flowers.
Episode Index
Intro: 0:07
The Family Plan 2: 6:15
The Roses: 15:29
The Family Plan 2 (Apple TV)
Rating
Out of 10 Short Haired Jon Snow Looks Really Weird
Darryl: 4.5/10
Brian: 5.1/10
Summary
The Family Plan 2 picks up three years after the first film. Dan Morgan has left car sales behind and now runs a private security firm, trying to balance normal dad life with a past as elite assassin Sean McCaffrey that will not stay buried. When the family travels to London to visit daughter Nina, Dan’s “routine” security assessment at a bank goes sideways. He discovers the client, Finn Clarke, is actually his half-brother, tied to his father’s criminal network, and is using Dan to pull off a high-tech heist. The Morgans get caught between assassins, Interpol-level stakes, and messy family drama that stretches from London to Paris while they try to stay alive and stay a family.
Main Cast – The Family Plan 2
Mark Wahlberg – Dan Morgan / Sean McCaffrey, ex-assassin dad now running a security firm
Michelle Monaghan – Jessica Morgan, his wife and former decathlete turned coach
Zoe Colletti – Nina Morgan, their oldest child, studying abroad in London
Van Crosby – Kyle Morgan, gamer son with niche fame as “Kylleboi”
Peter and Theodore Lindsey – Max Morgan, youngest son
Kit Harington – Finn Clarke, Dan’s half-brother and main antagonist
Sidse Babett Knudsen – Svetlana Romanova, Dan’s former Russian intelligence contact
Sanjeev Bhaskar – Vikram, a former butler who sides with Dan
Reda Elazouar – Omar, Nina’s boyfriend, with a very useful dad
Daniel de Bourg – Jules
The Roses (2025)
Rating
Out of 10 What Happens When Mom and Dad Go Mental
Darryl: 6.69/10
Brian: 6.3/10
Summary
A reimagining of The War of the Roses, The Roses is a satirical black comedy about Ivy and Theo Rose, a seemingly perfect married couple with great careers, kids, and a dream life that slowly curdles into open warfare. As Ivy’s restaurant empire takes off and Theo’s architecture career collapses, resentment builds. What starts as quiet competition turns into a full-blown psychological and physical battle inside their custom dream house, with friends, lawyers, therapists, and staff getting pulled into the escalating chaos.
Main Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch – Theo Rose, architect and husband
Olivia Colman – Ivy Rose, rising restaurateur and wife
Hala Finley – Hattie Rose (with Delaney Quinn as young Hattie)
Wells Rappaport – Roy Rose (with Ollie Robinson as young Roy)
Andy Samberg – Barry, friend and later Theo’s divorce lawyer
Kate McKinnon – Amy, Barry’s wife and friend of the Roses
Ncuti Gatwa – Jeffrey, front of house manager at Ivy’s restaurant
Sunita Man
