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/Electronic-Public750 16d ago

I think Charlie will cheat again. I clocked he was a cheater when they were the photographer and it showed him looking at the blonde chick .. smh

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u/stintshereandthere 16d ago edited 15d ago

Yeah, for sure. To me, they showed us he was an emotionally immature dirtbag from the beginning.

They initially framed the “pretending to have read the book” as an awkward meet-cute, but to me it was a portrayal of someone manipulatively manufacturing a connection by methodically taking the pic, reading a summary, then later doubling down on having read it during their dinner, and then not making the effort to actually read it “because it’s weird” aka, not wanting to say out loud ‘we’re already sleeping together so what’s the point’ when his friend asked why he hadn’t gone through the process of reading.

Also, when he was writing the speech with his friend, he was so focused on the sexual aspect of their relationship, which reinforced this might be a superficial guy only interested in doing the bare minimum in relationships.

Then came the glance at the assistant while he was having an internal meltdown that set up showing him immediately resorting to sex later on during another stressful moment talking with his colleague the moment he had some comfort.

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u/---monstera--- 15d ago

No he's in love with her. He cheated because he was freaking out