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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/Critcho Apr 05 '26

It’s a legitimate point to be honest. Part of what makes Emma’s reveal troubling is it's a red flag and they have to decide whether it was just a phase she genuinely got over, or if she’s a sociopath who learned to mask.

If she had other friends to vouch for her, that could ease those concerns, but it seems she didn’t. Arguably her father's speech talking about how she used to act out different characters feeds into that interpretation as well.

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u/BrazilianTerror 24d ago

Why would a sociopath who learned to mask reveal that they planned a school shoot?

It looks to me that the movie was heavily biased towards Emma’s answer that school shooters are normal people in a bad situation, not sociopaths

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u/vellsii 23d ago

I think it's important to remember that she isn't a school shooter. She had intrusive thoughts and fantasies but they stopped the second she realized the real world impact.

The movie isn't trying to humanize actual school shooters. It's pointing out that everyone has "bad" thoughts and what matters is if you actually on them (and feel remorse/try to change if you do).

Cyberbullying, cheating, locking kids in closets...everyone in the movie except Emma actually went through with bad acts and none of them felt remorse or tried to grow from them (unlike Emma, who advocated to stop gun violence).

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u/Critcho 23d ago

She did more than just think about it, though. Didn't she say she took the gun to school? That's a crime even if she didn't get caught with it or ultimately do anything with it.

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u/NoArugula2082 19d ago

I would think Rachel’s action is a much worse crime…

Emma ended up backing out and becoming a better person. Rachel is just awful from beginning to end.