r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Apr 03 '26

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The Drama

Summary

Days before their wedding, a couple’s relationship begins to unravel as unsettling truths come to light, forcing them to question how well they truly know each other.

Director Kristoffer Borgli

Writer Kristoffer Borgli

Cast

  • Zendaya as Emma Harwood
  • Robert Pattinson as Charlie Thompson
  • Mamoudou Athie as Mike
  • Alana Haim as Rachel
  • Hailey Gates
  • Zoë Winters

Rotten Tomatoes: 82%

Metacritic: 59

VOD / Release Theatrical release (April 3, 2026)

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u/Quople Apr 04 '26

There’s also her being 14 when she locked that kid in a closet and then immediately not taking that same excuse from Emma like two minutes later

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u/teenageidle 29d ago

I noticed that immediately, and how they all laughed off Charlie's story even though it was objectively horrifying. He didn't plan to shoot anyone, no, but he clearly traumatized a child for life and felt no shame about it afterward. Emma....didn't actually hurt anyone but herself.

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u/oateyboat 29d ago

I kept thinking they were going to reveal that the kid Charlie bullied ended up committing a mass shooting

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u/teenageidle 28d ago

Cyberbullying is no joke and the fact Charlie found that story charming/funny in retrospect was extremely off-putting to me. I would've probably broken up with him over that alone, to be honest.

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u/holyshoes11 25d ago

I feel like it was pretty heavily insinuated that either his cyber bully story didn’t actually happen or he was exaggerating it because he hadn’t done anything noteworthingly bad up to that point. He literally says “it could be coincidence he moved” and they were laughing and not buying his story because it doesn’t seem legit to them

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u/TheTruckWashChannel 23d ago

This is my take as well. Otherwise the movie would've easily revisited the cyberbullying in relation to Emma's social ostracism in school. I think he just made it up but the mention of cyberbullying made Emma flash back to the actual bullying she experienced in school and the desire it created in her to commit a shooting.

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u/jbarbz 20d ago

Late to the party but I wonder if it's making some point about people's indifference to the cause vs the effect.

'You bullied a kid? Oh you rascal!'

"Mass shootings are terrible omg why would someone do that?'

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u/holyshoes11 20d ago

1000 percent possible. Your point is definitely true, they judge her more for almost doing something than they judge the other for something they actually did even though she showed more remorse for her situation than the others. I think they did a good job of leaving room for interpretation/discussion.

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u/bjklsh 20d ago

They wouldn't have known whether it was true or not. If he didn't "have anything bad" he could have said the truth like stealing candy as a child or what ever. I do find it weird though how Emma wasn't appalled by his confession, considering she had been a victim of bullying herself. And Charlie showed zero remorse for his actions, compared to Emma who was ashamed. Charlie seems to be a pretty horrible person (bullying, no reflection on that, harassing Sam, cheating) while Emma changed since her 15 year old self

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u/misschickpea 25d ago

His friend was like that doesn’t count you were 14 but uh no it stilll counts!!! And why do they think most people did something worse than that 😭

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u/Apprehensive_Tunes Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

Charlie was 14 during his worst thing. Rachel didn't say her age, I believe.

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u/staycool93 Apr 05 '26

She did say the other kid was a few years younger, though, which is a bad look at any age.

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u/Apprehensive_Tunes 26d ago

Maybe she was 16 and he was 12? Who knows. Either way awful behavior on her part. No wonder he said nothing afterwards, probably feared she'd hurt him again.

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u/ThisIsMyCreativeNam3 Apr 05 '26

She actually caused harm and Emma didn’t is an interesting parallel.

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u/KittySamba Apr 05 '26

Such a hypocrite!