Synopsis
The drama follows a young couple about to be married. Shortly before the wedding the couple and their close friends reveal the darkest things they've ever done. Emma, the bride to be, watches each of them say terrible things as they laugh and move past it and she reveals that she once planned a mass shooting, but didn't go through with it. Through the course of the film we watch her wrestle with the guilt of what she has and hasn't done, we watch her fiancee Charlie "fixate" on this, and watch as they try desperately to make it through their own wedding.
Review
Overall I think this is one of my favorite performances form Robert Pattinson or Zendaya. The movie's central premise is the audience buying into the horror of Emma having planned a school shooting in her youth, but gradually over the runtime your perspective shifts to see her in a much more forgiving light. Charlie argues Emma didn't go through with it "because someone else got their first" but we the audience get to watch a young Emma break down in tears as she first looks at one of her friends and realizes how human she is, and how much bringing a weapon to school would hurt the real people around her. This shift is executed immaculately. At the time of their confessions you're so surprised by Emma saying she thought about a school shooting that you forget the other three used a person as a human shield during a dog attack, left someone locked in a closet in the woods over night, and cyber bullied someone so bad they had to move. Emma is the only one who never actually hurt anyone. This style of critique of toxic online spaces is much more impactful than the typical "You just can't say anything anymore" take and exemplifies show don't tell.
Closing thoughts
Great performances from all of the actors involved, and it is abundantly clear Emma is the true victim of Charlie and seemingly everyone else around her.