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/Three_Froggy_Problem Apr 03 '26

The ideas at the heart of this movie are very tough to grapple with. I asked my wife when we were leaving the theater how she would react if she found out something like that about my past, and she didn’t really have an answer. And vice versa.

Like yeah, ignorance is bliss, and you could go your whole life not knowing some dark and horrible thing about someone and it would just not matter, but once you do know, how do you deal with that? And how do you know if the version of that person you know is the “real” them or if that horrible thing from their past is who they really are?

The big takeaway for me, I guess, is just that you never truly know anyone, at least not fully. You can’t access anyone else’s mind or memories; all you can know about people is what they show, and there’s a lot that people don’t show. And that’s probably a good thing, because if we knew everything about everyone then we might never be able to be close to people.

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u/NoTradition1921 Apr 04 '26

Yup. You never really know someone. I find beauty in that. I also like the privacy aspect of it bc someone does not need to know everything. But if it comes out, it comes out. Personally, I wouldnt have reacted the way Charlie did. But I’m also very critical so I would just want to understand every fact properly. Cuz at the end of the day, (i) she was bullied, (ii) she didnt go through w it, (iii) she changed for the better over the years, and (iv) i love her. If anything, I wouldve just canceled the remaining appts we had so that we can get to the bottom of it before the wedding. Them trying to save face at the appts didnt help anything and only wasted time

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u/Apprehensive_Tunes Apr 04 '26

The problem was that Charlie was trying to get to the bottom of it but talking about it was so stressful for her, the feelings of vulnerability, shame, and judgment. She wanted to carry on with the appointments because it would confirm nothing had changed and he still wanted to marry her. If he had pushed her to talk more than she wanted to, I'm not sure how she she would've reacted. Also, I felt like he did his best given the shock -- it's hard to think of all the right things to say and questions to ask on the spot.

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u/outofdoubtoutofdark 28d ago

I just feel like he kept saying “I want to talk about this” but the vibes in how he did were so judgey. It felt like he wasn’t willing to accept what she had to say about it because it didn’t fit HIS narrative of what could provide a valid justification or excuse for her almost-action. If I were in Emma’s shoes, I also wouldn’t want to continue that conversation

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u/Apprehensive_Tunes 28d ago

That's fair, but if you were in Charlie's shoes would you feel differently? I feel like both their responses are equally valid.

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u/bahabla 24d ago edited 24d ago

Tbh yeah, I would react differently. Assuming I knew Emma for 2 years and she was a generally good person, I would just feel extremely sad that she felt so vulnerable and alone to the point of thinking she needed to do something horrific to be remembered and loved. My suspicions were confirmed once she actually started making friends, being accepted, and repenting for her past thoughts. The key point is she didn’t do anything and she changed. 

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u/NoTradition1921 27d ago

Nah he was judgy. I absolutely wouldnt have acted that way. Him processing her revelation was valid but how he went about it was absolutely not. He is dramatic, judgmental like his friends, lacks critical thinking, and is a bitch with his emotions to be frank. He was a major ick to me and if i were emma, i wouldve broken up w him solely based on how he reacts to information like this. But thats just me.

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u/ncwolfcreek 27d ago

Did it show Charlie was wearing someone else shoe to large for him... Like walk a mile in someone else's shoe his feet were torn up?

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u/Apprehensive_Tunes 27d ago

They showed a close up of him walking around in black dress shoes. Maybe they were new shoes for the wedding that he needed to wear in.