GENRE: Comedy; Drama; DIRECTOR: Kristoffer Borgli WRITER: Kristoffer Borgli STARRING: Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie, Hailey Gates and Zoe Winters The thing about The Drama is that it has some big execution mistakes, but it still succeeds at building a rewarding cinematic experience due to the commitment of stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson who put their whole talent in display for movie that could go wrong with less capable actors. It's solid but it didn't live up to the hype it was able to build during the marketing campaign - which would make it a letdown, but it isn't because the whole third act excceed my expectations. Actually, The Drama has tea. Borgli starts the film with what might be his biggest directing mistake: he doesn't make the audience spend enough time with Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Pattinson) before the needle dropping moment Emma reveals her secret - something that is supposed to completely change the perspective about ...
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