The film features a major twist when Emma reveals to her fiancé and two friends that she once planned a school shooting when she was 15 years old, but backed out at the last moment.
The story is told through memory flashbacks where Curet’s younger character can be seen practising shooting and attempting to create a manifesto video on her webcam.
Gun violence is a fixture in American life, but the issue is a highly political one.
The twist has received mixed reviews from critics and started many conversations, with some who have been impacted by school shootings pushing back at the subject being brought into a dark romantic comedy.
Curet, who was 15 when filming the project, says the subject is “definitely a part of our country” and she “felt like the message needed to happen”.
But she was conscious of the subject matter and “definitely felt a responsibility to handle the topic with care”, she says.
However, Curet feels the film is more about “redemption and forgiveness” between Emma and Charlie and whether she can get a second chance.
“I think there can be some redemption in humans,” she says.
“And I think a lot of it is, oftentimes, we uphold people to one thing that they did and we kind of let that define them.
“I think that some humans deserve forgiveness and, maybe, second chances.”