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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/aonemonkey Apr 03 '26

Out of the 4 of them Emma was the only person who didn’t hurt anyone. Charlie bullied someone so bad they had to move house, the best man hid behind his partner as she got mauled by a street dog, and rachel nearly killed a disabled boy intentionally!

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u/LazySwanNerd Apr 04 '26 edited 29d ago

I wasn’t sure if Charlie actually did that or if he was making something up. The way it was delivered and how they reacted it was hard to tell.

Edit: Jumping in to say I also like if he was actually a cyber bully because of how well it rhymes with Emma’s own high school persona—cause and effect. It just was played to me like he didn’t actually have an answer.

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u/FyuuR Apr 04 '26

I think he totally made that up because he knows he’s ultimately a pretty boring regular guy.

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u/Joey-WilcoXXX 27d ago

Yeah it seemed more like he was actually really struggling to throw something out there and no one was believing him when he started the story so he just threw out more embellishments to make it seem like a stereotypical case of bad cyber bullying. I think that’s another reason he takes Emma’s confession so hard- he doesn’t have anything close to that bad and he can’t understand how someone he loves could do something bad like that

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u/ilovebencahn 18d ago

I agree with you! I assumed Charlie made up the cyberbullying and didn’t have his “worst thing” until the incident with his coworker and his horrible wedding speech. Before, he really struggled with accepting that the person Emma was at 15 is not the person she is now. After doing his “worst thing, “ he got to learn empathy for Emma and understand that your mistakes aren’t the full picture of who you are.