The Drama, the just-opened Robert Pattinson–Zendaya dark rom-com, has a serious problem. A real issue. Something that makes the movie difficult to
sit through.
It’s the wedding photographer. And the florist. And the planner.
Yes, the film has taken plenty of heat for its first-act revelation — stop here for spoiler-free viewing — that Zendaya’s character planned an unrealized school shooting as a teenager, a plot point that started stirring backlash among gun-control advocates even before the film opened. But now that The Drama finally has arrived on screens, it’s clear the movie has another big problem: It doesn’t have a clue how weddings get done.
As the couple traverses Boston finalizing details for their imminent ceremony, the questions start accumulating. Why are they choosing flowers just days before the ceremony? Why does the wedding photographer offer them an impromptu photo shoot — for free? Why is any of this happening in person, rather than over harried texts? And where is their wedding planner in all of this? I’m supposed to believe that a couple with an impeccably appointed one-bedroom apartment in a major metropolitan area with the charming corkscrew staircase and built-in bookshelves that look ripped from an Architectural Digest YouTube video did all of this without one?
Also, while we’re at it, where — even in Boston — does one find a DJ who sets up equipment the day before the wedding, oblivious to such concepts as venue liability and theft risk? As one real-life former DJ put it in a text to Rambling, “Preposterous.”
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This story appeared in the April 8 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Click here to subscribe.