Dirty Weekend
E1 Entertainment Distribution | Release Date: September 4, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezApr 22, 2015
While Dirty Weekend may not quite live up to its title and is certainly his least tart effort to date, the film's milder flavor and less acidic aftertaste is mostly a pleasurable switchup. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 22, 2015
Moviegoers may expect something sexier than what they get here, but Neil LaBute's focus on just-talk between Broderick and co-star Alice Eve, funny but never uproarious, provides its own modest rewards. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonSep 3, 2015
Mr. LaBute is not a moralizer as much as a lamenter — his people usually bring unhappiness upon themselves. In the gently joyous Dirty Weekend, though, they are capable of finding a flight path to contentment. Read full review
60
Screen DailyGraham FullerApr 22, 2015
Dirty Weekend is entertaining enough to spawn a Les-and-Natalie odd-couple sitcom, but it does come across as dated. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldSep 3, 2015
What’s most curious is Mr. Labute’s kid-glove treatment of the scenario, forgoing real sexual gamesmanship, much less the opportunistic rug-pulling in past films. That baseline of sincerity is refreshing to a point, yet he’s written a fairly weak-tea story of conflicted self-discovery that would make for a mildly engaging evening on the stage. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloSep 2, 2015
Don’t get too excited: Not only is there nothing especially dirty about Dirty Weekend, the latest and lamest film by erstwhile provocateur Neil LaBute, but the movie doesn’t even occupy an entire weekend. Read full review
50
ObserverMatthew KasselSep 2, 2015
Ultimately, though, Dirty Weekend is a vague, languid affair. Read full review
50
VarietyGuy LodgeApr 22, 2015
Airless visual treatment and mannered performances compound the impression that LaBute might have been better off saving this material for the stage, though it’d be a pretty tame trifle in either context. Read full review
40
Village VoiceSimon AbramsSep 3, 2015
While Les eventually becomes more tolerable, LaBute's cloying dialogue makes it impossible to appreciate what turns out to be a bracingly pragmatic sense of optimism. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsKatherine PushkarSep 3, 2015
The only thing more boring than this comedy about two colleagues on a layover in Albuquerque might be an actual layover in Albuquerque. Read full review
40
The GuardianJordan HoffmanApr 22, 2015
It’s a play shoehorned into a film. Sometimes that can work – LaBute’s managed it before – but it’s a steep hill to climb, and this one doesn’t quite make it. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 1, 2015
A rather dull and talkative comedy about two mismatched colleagues trapped in Albuquerque for a day of true confessions and misbehavior. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineClayton DillardAug 31, 2015
Even if the title is meant to be ironic, the latest from writer-director Neil LaBute is a frustratingly stilted vision of middle-aged repression unleashed. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 3, 2015
That Les isn't one of LaBute's garden variety sadists is the best thing you can say about Dirty Weekend. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzSep 4, 2015
A decent idea for a low-budget movie that never gets past the idea stage, and after a brief while, you may start to question whether it should have been a movie at all, much less a 90-minute one. Read full review
12
New York PostLou LumenickSep 2, 2015
If you thought Matthew Broderick looked uncomfortable playing “himself” in “Trainwreck,” wait till you get a load of the actor portraying a married man who wonders if he’s gay in Neil LaBute’s mean-spirited comedy Dirty Weekend. Read full review
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