Don’t leave this movie at the alter.

In “The Drama,” we see Robert Pattinson as Charlie falling for Zendaya as Emma at a coffee shop. When she steps away for a moment, he takes a picture of the book she is reading, looks it up, and comes back to her saying that it is a great book. But it turns out she was wearing headphones in one ear, as she’s deaf in the other ear. So, she decides to let him introduce himself to her again. And I’m glad it doesn’t resort to the rising action when she gets mad at him for lying to him about reading the book. In fact, she thinks it’s kind of romantic.

Eventually, these two are preparing for their wedding. They hire the DJ and the wedding choreographer, and are tasting the wine with their married friends Mike (Mamoudou Athie) and Rachel (Alana Haim). So things seem to be coming up roses, until they play a little game where they admit the worst thing each of them has done in their youth. When Emma admits her dirty little secret in which she was thinking about doing a school shooting and not going through with it, it offends Rachel and makes Charlie uncomfortable enough to imagine himself with Emma’s younger self (Jordyn Curet).

Many people have seen the trailer and expect “The Drama” to be a different kind of romance starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya. And they also expect it to hit pathos territory, as their connection begins to deteriorate. It might even be a better version of “The Break-Up,” if Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston were a married couple. Distributed by A24, it was written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli and produced by Ari Aster, who both collaborated on “Dream Scenario.” So, I guess we’re supposed to expect it to be wickedly delightful, which it is.

I wanted to know what the pathos that would threaten to destroy the couple are, and I was interested from the get go. How would a person respond to what someone else was thinking of doing? Is that the same spouse he fell in love with? And do certain thoughts define a human being? I do know that this film has sparked controversy over the plot twist, and even a backlash from a victim of the 1999 Columbine shooting.

I’m not a victim, so I can’t speak for victims of any school shooting, but I can sympathize with them and maybe this film does glamorizes it a bit. But I’m thinking that maybe Emma’s nearly bad choice really sets things in motion about her character’s definition and how her fiancée and friends would react to her. And how Charlie handles this kind of pathos regards another bad choice and some anger and tears.

Before we see them in “The Odyssey” and “Dune: Part Three” this year, Pattinson and Zendaya both provide realism within their characters in “The Drama.” They both manage to turn drama into dark humor and drama into drama. To clarify, it is mentioned that her character turns pathos into comedy. And they both know that school shootings are no laughing matter, and we, the audience, know that, too.

This is the part where you criticize me for spoiling the film, but I tried not to spoil everything, and I needed to address the issue that is being raised here. This movie might polarize audiences based on how they view the subject matter and romantic chemistry between the leads. I’m already conflicted writing this review, but Borgli delivers another worthy entry by doing things very different from your average wedding movie. And I was thinking about how the bride slammed a woman against a mirror in “Wild Tales.”