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A revealed transgression spells trouble for a soon-to-be-wed couple in The Drama. (Supplied: VVS Films)
What: A happily engaged couple’s wedding plans are rocked by an explosive revelation
Likely to make you feel: Unsettled … in the best possible way
Despite appearances to the contrary, the wildly unpredictable new A24 film The Drama is anything but a traditional romantic comedy, even if it tangles with modern love in darkly funny ways.
Norwegian arthouse director Kristoffer Borgli's latest American foray — starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a happily engaged couple whose forthcoming nuptials hit an unexpected snag — is best seen with as little prior knowledge as possible, in order to let its rollercoaster emotional twists catch you off guard.
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A woman’s confession on the eve of her nuptials causes uproar in this insouciantly offensive provocation from the director of Dream Scenario
How much of your past should you reveal to your adorable fiance before the big day? Very tricky issues are probably best avoided in the run-up to the ceremony, but can still be recklessly raised by attractively naive young people who assume the worms surely can’t be that big or plentiful – or difficult to get back into the can.
Such a situation is the centre of this contrived but amusing high-concept, high-anxiety movie from Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli; a Euro-satire of American bourgeois aspiration that sets out to discomfit and excruciate in the spirit of Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure or Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen.
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'Some will be appalled': The Drama's horrifying twist is set to divide audiences
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's new film about a soon-to-be married couple is a romcom with a disturbing difference. The result is 2026's "first great cinematic conversation-starter".
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson haven't shied away from contentious material in the past, from Zendaya's breakthrough role in Euphoria to Pattinson's role in… well, pretty much everything he's done since the Twilight franchise. But their new film, The Drama, is sure to be the most divisive project to feature either of them. Some viewers will love it, and some will be appalled, despite it being, on one level, a romantic comedy about pre-wedding jitters.
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