The Drama

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The Drama

R

Apr 2026

1h 46m

Drama

Romance

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

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A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

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Critics Consensus

Flirting with complex themes, The Drama walks a tonal tightrope with impressive poise thanks to career-highlight performances by Robert Pattinson and Zendaya.

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Audience Says

Elevated by remarkable performances, The Drama wrestles with questions of trust and forgiveness, drawing out profoundly uncomfortable emotions that linger long after the credits roll.

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

Jun 15

3/5

If nothing else, what Borgli expresses incisively is how shattering that is – when the narrative you’ve ordered your life around gets rewritten.

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

Jun 3

The screenwriter and director has miscalculated poorly. [Full review in Spanish]

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Ty Burr

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May 26

2.5/4

Zendaya continues to convey remarkable complexities of emotion and reaction while seeming to do very little... she just thinks and it comes right off the screen—and Pattinson seems to love playing handsome dudes with spines of jello.

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews (Ghost.io)

2d

B+

Kristoffer Borgli holds up a mirror to a culture obsessed with performative virtue, exposing how easily society discards the possibility of genuine human redemption in favor of self-righteous judgment.

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Tim Miller

Cape Cod Wave Magazine

2d

2.5/4

Despite its strong cast, despite the compelling questions it asks, The Drama doesn’t provide nearly enough to justify how irritating it is. It trivializes its ideas with shallow, obnoxious characters making bad decisions.

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Charlotte Simmons

The Treatment (Substack)

Jun 12

This scar is what The Drama makes to address; the emotion — the nutrition — that becomes lost and/or compromised when we’re trained to stay surface-level.

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BRENT SIMON

Jun 14

Hard to watch at times, but well made.

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Mark

Jun 13

Zendaya and patty act their asses off. Unique camera angles, plot angles and plot building makes a common situation/ problem over dramatized but in the best way possible.

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Nygeria

Jun 11

Speechless!! Probably the best movie ive seen in a long time. I was engaged the whole time. Just... wow

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Jena

Jun 7

Idk. I had really high hopes this movie was gonna be great and it was just eh love Zendaya tho

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Alicia K

Jun 2

Great script, hilarious, thought provoking, original concept

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Michelle

May 29

not as good as expected but good watch!

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Synopsis

A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Producer: Lars Knudsen, Ari Aster, Tyler Campellone
Screenwriter: Kristoffer Borgli
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Square Peg
Rating: R
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 3, 2026, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 5, 2026
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)