India, June 5 -- "I want to say this thing about her laugh. You know how it's... very cute, but it's also kind of... repulsive, even?"

It's not the kind of thing one expects to hear from a groom drafting his wedding toast. But that's where Robert Pattinson, as Charlie Thompson, finds himself in The Drama.

The first few scenes establish that there is affection, discomfort and startling honesty between him and his fiancee Emma Harwood (Zendaya). The question is which of the two, affection or discomfort, will win; and how the honesty will play into it all.

Elsewhere, Season 2 of the series Beef sits at a similar cynical intersection of love and disquietude, weaving together the stories of a midlife marriage in decay (Oscar Isaac and Carey...