One of the key elements that changes a friendship into a relationship is getting to know each other. Questions that peel back various layers that reveal an attractiveness that you’re drawn to.

There may, however, be an answer that niggles you, that just doesn’t sit right with you, a red flag that you didn’t necessarily expect to see so deep into one another.

This film examines the impact of one such red flag on a couple on the cusp of getting married.

It was in a cafe when Charlie (Robert Pattinson) first saw Emma (Zendaya). As meet cute moments go, it was an awkward one, but it didn’t stop the pair from hooking up and becoming an item.

A few years on, and they find themselves organising their wedding. They’re testing the food and wine menus with their couple friends Rachel (Alana Haim) and Mike (Mamoudou Athie), and get a little tipsy as a result.

This leads them to bringing up a topic for the four of them to share: what’s the worst thing they’ve ever done. One by one they go around the table revealing various morally apprehensible stories, until it’s Emma’s turn.

Hers in particular makes quite an impact on the group, that doesn’t go down with any of them very well. It certainly haunts Charlie from the moment it left her lips, so much so that it puts their very relationship in doubt.

This is Kristoffer Borgli’s fourth film – second in English, and the follow-up to his exceptional 2023’s Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage.

It is a deeply rich character piece, written by the Norwegian himself, that revolves around one startling statement made, that has a massive impact on a relationship.

It’s certainly a bumpy reality check back to earth after the literal dreamy qualities of his last film.

At its core is Charlie’s constant checking of his morality compass, as Emma’s declaration sends it flying in all directions as he attempts to come to terms with it. Perhaps Borgli concentrates on this outcome a little too much, as it’s only a small element of the narrative, albeit a pivotal one, where he builds quite dominating character arcs upon it.

Certainly Pattison and Zendaya are up to the challenge, but considering Borgli’s previous efforts – especially Sick of Myself, he could have plunged far darker with the humour as he does there.

It’s deliciously thought-provoking, watching a cute couple struggling with a revealing from the past, but it certainly wouldn’t have harmed if the drama was turned up a notch or two.