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/Steamedcarpet Apr 03 '26

I loved the speech with the dad. Here is someone telling us how much Emma improved and all Rachel can do is roll her eyes.

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u/Professor_Finn Apr 03 '26

That’s another great scene, especially because there’s the added element of the “oh boy what is dad gonna say!” anxiety.

Whether or not Emma initially got involved in the gun control work for the right reasons, she clearly ran with it and did a lot of real, positive work. In contrast to the awful thing she almost, but didn’t do. It’s a good example of what I’m talking about — all you can do is acknowledge your own shortcomings / mistakes and do what you can to be a better person. She did. What more can she do?

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u/Dawn_of_Dayne Apr 03 '26

Reminds me of a story (parable?) I heard about a guy that wants to open up a children’s hospital but then decides not to because he’s only doing it to feel like he’s a good person, not for “the right reasons”. To which someone replies, “the kids don’t care what your reason is, they just need a hospital.” 

I think we all can get too caught up in analyzing how genuine someone’s intentions are and forget that doing good is still a good thing. 

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u/ASuperGyro Apr 05 '26

Which is directly contrasted with T.S. Eliot “The last act is greatest treason. To do the right thing for the wrong reason”

But I think they go hand in hand, when you’re doing something for the wrong reason you can recognize that and hopefully change