Matt Neglia@NextBestPicture
THE DRAMA is my kind of dark romantic comedy: deeply complex, incredibly stressful, provocative, and uncomfortably funny. It’s an examination not just of a relationship, but of our capacity for empathy toward people who may have done, or even contemplated, the worst imaginable things. Zendaya and Robert Pattinson play off each other so well, generating crackling chemistry while balancing cringe-inducing comedy with open-hearted sincerity in every facet of their emotionally demanding performances. Brilliantly edited, Kristoffer Borgli’s latest unfolds like a dreadful, violent car wreck that keeps piling up; you want to look away in disgust, yet it becomes increasingly impossible as the tragedy increases.
