The Drama Review

Kristoffer Borgli, who made Sick of Myself and Dream Scenario, hangs this A24 film on a single scene. Days before the wedding, Emma (Zendaya), Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and their best man and matron of honor trade confessions of the worst things they have done, and Emma's belongs to another category entirely. A24 asked critics not to reveal it, and the rest of the film is Charlie trying to reconcile the woman he loves with the girl she describes, while the wedding comes apart around him.

Pete Hammond at Deadline called it Pattinson's career best, and Charlie's unraveling gives him plenty to play; G. Allen Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle saw Zendaya's layered performance as the emotional core. Arseni Khachaturan shot on 35mm with long lenses, keeping the camera close on faces, and Alana Haim, as the friend who cannot forgive what she heard, gets the sharpest scenes.

Critics split, 77 percent on Rotten Tomatoes against 59 on Metacritic and a B CinemaScore. Odie Henderson of The Boston Globe gave it zero stars and called it repugnant, and an advocacy group called the marketing misleading; Joey Magidson at Awards Radar found the screenplay short on development and momentum, which is nearer the real problem. It grossed over 130 million dollars on a 28 million dollar budget.