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Here is my full reaction to The Drama!

Not going to lie, I thought this was going to be a quirky comedy with a dash of drama. Going into this blindly increased the shock value of this already intense film. This movie was actually quite heavy. It brings up questions about personal accountability and intent versus impact. Since it was a dark comedy with a lot of satire, there were funny moments despite the disturbing imagery. Overall, I did enjoy it. This film doesn't have a villain. Every character is flawed and misguided at times, but also posses redeemable qualities. Rather than trying to tell you what to think, this film raises questions about how we inconsistently blame and empathize with people.

Watched on: HBO Max / Runtime: 1:45:30

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(Full Reaction) The Drama

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Matt

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Mike Smith

Jax, this movie clearly has a villain. Rachel! That poor kid! You are hardly alone in having the wrong impression about this movie. A trailer would not have helped. The marketing campaign was so misleading. They wouldn't even allow journalists to reveal the twist. That was my main issue with it. It was a bait and switch. I didn’t sign up for that. This movie just felt like a group of friends on a late night were talking about the worst secret a fiancee could disclose on the eve of a wedding, and they decided to make a movie about it. A good movie needs more than an outlandish concept. At a minimum, there needs to be some internal logic. That said, this movie has some funny moments. I was the only one who laughed in my theater during the scene where Charlie and Misha almost had sex. Awkward. That was legit hilarious though. Misha was so disappointed.

Ed Scoglio

I waited a day or so to sit and ruminate about this movie before commenting here. I loved the dark comedy of this. The scene with the photographer was hilarious as was the replacement DJ. I'm going to be honest, I think much of the discourse about the twist is a bit disappointing. I've seen a lot saying that it normalizes the people that do school shootings and I really think they miss the point. I think looking into WHY someone could choose to do something like that is important for trying to make sense of such tragedy. It's not justifying it, it's trying to understand it. It's also interesting that Rachel and Charlie both admit to bullying people and they are excused for it, but Emma says she was bullied and her reaction to it gets her villified. In fact, the only person actually hurt by what Emma planned was Emma herself because it cost her her hearing. I'm also reminded of something Michael said on The Good Place. "What matters isn't if people are good or bad. What matters is if they are trying to be better today than they were yesterday." Emma absolutely is trying. It doesn't erase what she wanted to do, but it also doesn't disqualify the effort she made to grow.

Armando Castillo

Omg this freaking movie…I saw this in theaters with my brother and friend. And we were just in shock and getting that second hand cringe of the insanity. It was really good! And agreed I hated Rachel I’m like omg u hypocrite. I get it what Emma was gonna do is pretty horrific but at least she didn’t do it…right? At least give your friend some grace. But when I saw that u thought it was gonna be a rom com or something different I couldn’t wait to see your reaction lol. And you’re so sympathetic cause the whole time I was like idk Charlie maybe call it and cheese it outta there lol but duh it’s more nuanced than that. But I love your insight on this film and it is extremely interesting. But man that wedding we had our eyes closed like omg this is happening to us I can’t even take this lol