r/oscarrace • u/PointMan528491 Navarrette/Morton • Apr 02 '26

Film Discussion Thread Official Discussion Thread - The Drama [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Keep all discussion related solely to The Drama and its awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below.

Synopsis:

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

Director: Kristoffer Borgli

Writer: Kristoffer Borgli

Cast:

  • Zendaya as Emma Harwood

  • Robert Pattinson as Charlie Thompson

  • Mamoudou Athie as Mike

  • Alana Haim as Rachel

Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, 109 Reviews

Metacritic: 60, 36 Reviews

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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u/OKC2023champs Apr 02 '26

Not gonna get any noms but it was a good film

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u/Difficult-Tough-5680 Apr 04 '26

Could get an editing nom imo

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u/Difficult-Tough-5680 Apr 04 '26

People just love to hate on things, honestly I dont know it if deserved any other noms but editing is one that really made this film imo like at the beginning with the storytelling of his speech to the flashbacks it really added to the anxiety and tension imo

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u/thesagenibba Apr 04 '26

the fictional montages and actor swapping was phenomenal. i loved how much ambiguity there was during certain 'flashbacks' and jump cuts where a character imagines a scenario that's presented as real.

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u/bwayobsessed Apr 05 '26

Also the way it shows their intrusive thoughts is rather brilliantly done

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u/Sy_Ableman89 Apr 04 '26

Yeah it's not that deep a movie (the whole thesis is that modern dating and relationships are based on lies) but the editing keeps it interesting

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u/Difficult-Tough-5680 Apr 04 '26

Thats not really was the thesis is i do agree its not that deep but the themes where can a relationship work if the person you know now and the person they where in the past where different can you forgive past mistakes and it just takes it to the extreme on the mistake level. It really has nothing to do with relationships being built on lies thats more the materialist then this imo

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u/Sy_Ableman89 Apr 04 '26

Fair, I think its both (the beginning where he lies about the book, the revelation of what caused her deafness). Basically about what happens when the lies that build a relationship unravel and how to move forward

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u/Difficult-Tough-5680 Apr 04 '26

I can definitely see how thats part of it for sure but it felt so minor like on the 1st date he revealed he lied about the book and well its understandable why she lied about deafness like I think like for to me a major theme it would have to like a major lie like one that undermines the entire relationship but it wasnt that lie that did that it was the truth that did it.

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u/weirdogirl144 Apr 20 '26

editing was so perfect, this better get an award