"As their wedding day draws near, Charlie and Emma go for a drunken dinner with their friends Rachel and Mike, during which they all dare each other to say the worst things they've ever done."
"Emma reveals that as a 14-year-old, she planned to perpetrate but could not go through with a high-school shooting, and that her partial deafness was caused by holding her head underwater."
"Borgli shows something ominous in this scene, imposing a psycho-horror style on the romcom tropes, with eerie ambient noises and uneasy closeups."
The film explores the complexities of revealing past secrets before marriage, focusing on Charlie, a British art historian, and Emma, a deaf woman. Their love story begins with a misunderstanding in a coffee shop, but as their wedding approaches, a drunken dinner with friends leads to shocking confessions. Emma reveals a dark past involving a planned school shooting and the true cause of her deafness. The film combines romantic comedy with elements of psychological horror, creating tension and discomfort as the characters confront their histories.
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