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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nGood news, grown-ups, even though most of the screens at your local theater are probably still devoted to \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie,\u201d there\u2019s a decent option for adults in one of the other houses. I\u2019m convinced that \u201cThe Drama\u201d has stayed in the top three at the domestic box office for the past two weekends by reeling in parents who don\u2019t want to watch Mario with their kids, but don\u2019t want to leave the theater. Or it could be good advertising, good word-of-mouth, good reviews, or other non-cynical reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The film follows Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and Emma (Zendaya), a nauseatingly-cute Boston-area couple a week away from their wedding. He\u2019s a bit of a creep and she doesn\u2019t talk much about her military-family upbringing, but they\u2019re sure they can learn to live with each other\u2019s foibles, after all, they\u2019re in love. Hopefully it\u2019s not much of a spoiler to say that their love will be tested over the course of the film as they deal with, well, drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That drama first rears its head at a couples\u2019 dinner with friends Mike (Mamoudou Athie) and Rachel (Alana Haim). Rachel has the bright idea to have everyone at the table reveal the worst thing they\u2019ve ever done. I\u2019m not sure what the \u201cbest\u201d case scenario is for a game like this, but it certainly ends in one of the worst. Emma makes the grave miscalculation of thinking that she has the forum to be honest, and reveals a secret that ruins everybody\u2019s night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I joked about spoilers earlier, but when it comes to Emma\u2019s secret, things are more difficult. Unlike traditional spoilers, this one comes early in the movie, when she and Charlie are still in their \u201choneymoon phase,\u201d so to speak. Not revealing the secret makes it hard to look at the rest of the movie, but it\u2019s in the movie\u2019s best interest that the audience is taken off-guard so they don\u2019t have time to form opinions about the controversial subject matter in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I can say is that once Emma\u2019s secret is revealed, Charlie can\u2019t look at her the same way again. He tries to put it out of his mind, but\u2026 if you\u2019re told not to think of a red umbrella, you think of a red umbrella, and Emma\u2019s secret might have involved some red umbrellas if people were carrying umbrellas. It is worth noting that Emma\u2019s secret does not involve tangible victims or require tangible consequences. All it can do is affect how people think of her, which is invariably some form of \u201cworse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emma\u2019s secret drives Charlie to madness in his relationship with his friends, his assistant (Hailey Gates), and especially Emma. Eventually his insecurities drive her crazy, and by the time of the wedding, they\u2019re quite the dysfunctional couple. They\u2019re talking about spending the rest of their lives together, but can the relationship even survive the reception? Let\u2019s just say that there will probably be a lot fewer fantasies about getting married to Robert Pattinson after this movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Drama\u201d really clicked with me, even though its appeal lies in a dark, awkward, cringey comedy that I don\u2019t normally like. Probably the highlight of the film for me was a scene from the trailers, where Charlie and Emma try to pose for wedding photos like everything is okay when it definitely isn\u2019t. It\u2019s not hard to tell from the trailers that \u201csomething\u201d is off, but the added context made it funnier than it ever was when being cryptic (though being cryptic was the right tone for the trailers). I recommend this film, but try to wear a beat-up shirt that you won\u2019t mind stretching out from tugging at your collar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grade: B<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Drama\u201d is rated R for sexual content, some violent\/bloody images, language throughout, and brief drug use. Its running time is 105 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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