Weekend
Sundance Selects | Release Date: September 23, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisOct 13, 2011
One of the truest, most beautiful movies ever made about two strangers. Read full review
100
The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreSep 21, 2011
Bittersweet, achingly authentic, and so intimate it almost feels invasive. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumSep 21, 2011
British filmmaker Andrew Haigh's background in editing (from Gladiator to Mister Lonely) is evident in the casual beauty of moments that only appear "found," giving Weekend an engrossing documentary feel. Read full review
91
IndieWireEric KohnSep 21, 2011
Weekend builds into a powerful encapsulation of an identity crisis over the course of three passionate days. Read full review
90
The New York TimesA.O. ScottSep 22, 2011
There is also a need for stories that address the complex entanglements of love and sex honestly, without sentiment or cynicism and with the appropriate mixture of humor, sympathy and erotic heat. Weekend, Andrew Haigh's astonishingly self-assured, unassumingly profound second feature, is just such a film. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineEric HendersonSep 18, 2011
A ticking stopwatch hangs over Weekend that amplifies the intensity of every conversation, every fight, every drink, every copulation. In other words, it's a device. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternSep 29, 2011
So much movie can be made with so little plot, given sufficient humanity and dramatic tension. That's the case with Andrew Haigh's eloquent chamber piece. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesSep 29, 2011
What begins as a one-night stand deepens, over the next two days, into a genuine romance as the young lovers embark on an epic dialogue that touches on the most profound questions of love, commitment, honesty, and identity. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirSep 23, 2011
Weekend is such a smart, prickly, sexy, inventive film that it critiques itself and critiques its viewers, gay or straight, even as it spins an archetypal romantic fable. Read full review
80
Village VoiceEric HynesSep 20, 2011
Naturalistic without being ineloquent, heartfelt yet unsentimental, Weekend is the rarest of birds: a movie romance that rings true. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinSep 19, 2011
I hate to damage so fragile a work with overpraise, but, gay or straight, if you don't see yourself in this movie, you need to get a life. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleJames RenovitchOct 13, 2011
Like the analogous "Before Sunrise," Weekend manages to ride the line between character study, comedy, drama, and a host of other genres without feeling cramped. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanOct 13, 2011
It's uncompromisingly steamy, in a way that seems designed to make people who are uncomfortable with a physical relationship between two men even more uncomfortable. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandOct 6, 2011
In just a short period of time, a weekend hookup tests the boundaries each man has set for himself. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSep 28, 2011
This is a smart, sensitive, perceptive film, with actors well suited to the dialogue. It underlines the difficulty of making connections outside our individual boxes of time and space. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoSep 23, 2011
Weekend is a gay riff on "Before Sunrise" (1995), in which a man (Ethan Hawke) and woman (Julie Delpy) meet and fall in love in one night, before going their separate ways in the morning for what could be forever. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichSep 20, 2011
Weekend settles into an intentionally minor-key groove, caught somewhere between bracingly direct honesty and cringingly mumbly pretense. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe LeydonSep 17, 2011
Earnest and understated, Weekend has the intimate look and feel of a two-character stage play that has been opened up -- but only slightly, with minimal addition of supporting players -- for a mostly faithful filmization. Read full review
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