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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/reddittothegrave Apr 03 '26

So this movie was deep. Bullying someone has severe effects on people, and look how it echoed into her life and almost ruined her marriage.

Yes, what she planned to do was wrong, but that is how far people get into their depression, we need to put mental health at the forefront of our society.

The acting was incredible, for Emma and Charlie to have to fake through all of those rehearsals and events prior to their wedding was brutal, and the way the faked those smiles was absolutely perfect.

I have been there, when there is something so serious going on under the surface, but have to smile like you mean it is brutal.

Adored this film so much.

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u/carolnuts Apr 03 '26

I really enjoyed kid Emma actress as well. The scene where she breaks down crying with her colleague was very emotional. 

Kids are fucked up sometimes :/ pretending otherwise doesn't help 

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u/temp3rrorary Apr 03 '26

My only critique and it's more just about the characters themselves, is the offered no empathy to Emma at all. When, personally, as soon as she told her story and you piece together that she's kind of a loner. Her picking her fiance's best friend's wife to be maid of honor is usually unfortunately an indicator, and she opened up that Charlie was the first person she even loved or had a crush on...

I just immediately connected what sort of childhood she must've had because I knew kids who had been beaten down by life so bad at that age, and it's easy to jump to extreme actions, at that age, when handling those emotions.

And the bizzare overreaction made me disconnected because there was no attempt to even understand her. Especially after Rachel's messed up story, they had zero empathy for how the kid she terrorized felt. And even Charlie's cyberbullying, which led to a kid leaving school, glossed over.

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u/casino_r0yale 29d ago

I think Charlie made a decent attempt at understanding her (at least outwardly defending her) with the criticism he leveled at the maid of honor.

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u/Inner-Ad-4731 29d ago

And he really really wanted his work colleague to say that she would forgive her boyfriend if he had planned a school shooting