The Drama (2026)

More Drama Than It Earns - The Drama review by griggs

Having dodged every review to protect Zendaya’s big secret, the reveal itself landed fine. Everything after that is the problem — the plot plods toward an ending so heavily signposted that only a Hollywood Boulevard billboard could have made it more obvious. The Drama takes its time getting where you already know it’s going, and the journey there isn’t interesting enough to make up for it.

The writing lands a few genuine laughs, even if the audience I shared a dog-friendly screening with seemed to find it considerably funnier than I did. It was, incidentally, the first time non-dog owners have outnumbered dog owners at one of these screenings — make of that what you will.

Athie’s Mike is the only one worth rooting for, the one character who feels less like a concept than a person. Everyone else is either duplicitous, naive, or trapped somewhere in the smug little overlap between the two.

Kristoffer Borgli, though, remains a filmmaker whose eye is sharper than his pen — technically the film is impressive work, and those inventive editing flourishes from Dream Scenario find their way here too. Still, long may his working relationship with producer Ari Aster continue.

Mind, dropping visual and verbal nods to Louis Malle and Ingmar Bergman — however much I covet that The Passion of Anna poster — doesn’t elevate your film to their level. It just reminds us where the bar sits.

Terrible - The Drama review by KB

Nonsensical .Poor script, dire dialogue, uninteresting story ,unlikeable characters and badly acted (particularly Pattinson ).I abandoned this film long before the end as i wasn't enjoying it and i had/have zero interest in the outcome of it .A definite candidate for worst film of the year.