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Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg, Alison Bagnall, Elizabeth Donius, Jay Duplass ... see more see more... , Kent Osborne , Lynn Shelton , Ellen Stagg

Two people who fall in love while separated by 800 miles find it's hard to stay friends while living in the same city in this low-key independent drama. James (Joe Swanberg) and Mattie (Greta Gerwig) ... read more read more...are in love and trying to make their relationship work. But James lives and works in Chicago, while Mattie calls New York home, and though they try to visit one another as often as they can, their infrequent weekends together are punctuated by telephone calls, e-mails, on-line chatting, and sending digital pictures back and forth. As much as Mattie cares for James, in time the space between them is too much to deal with and they break up. Twelve months later, James' career as a video-game designer is taking off, and a new project necessitates a move to New York City; while they're no longer lovers, he tries to reconnect with Mattie, though his recent success has added a new and uncomfortable element to their relationship. Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig wrote, directed, and produced Nights and Weekends as well as playing the two leads; the film received its world premiere at the 2008 South by Southwest Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.

Directed by: Greta Gerwig, Joe Swanberg

Release Date: October 10, 2008

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DVD Release Date: August 25, 2009

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  • dreamfaeries
    May 5, 2010
    dreamfaeries
    A bit out there for me, but I still kind of liked it. The leads were great, but the storyline kind of bored me a bit and seemed to just drag on.
  • gator681
    October 14, 2008
    gator681
    [font=Century Gothic]"Nights and Weekends" starts with Mattie(Greta Gerwig) and James(Joe Swanberg) removing each other's clothes before they can even get all the way into his apartment. James lives in Chicago while Mattie attends nursing school in New York City.(It is never expl... read moreicitly stated but I think they met in college and live apart due to Mattie's continuing education.) So, they only get a little time to spend together which they try to make the most of.[/font]

    [font=Century Gothic]Written and directed by Greta Gerwig and Joe Swanberg, "Nights and Weekends" is a pointed examination of the dynamics of a long distance relationship. The film is both emotionally and physically raw, encompassing the push and pull of their particular relationship. Their physical attraction pulls them together while a clash of personalities, especially Mattie's food issues which are petty beyond belief, only serves to make a tough situation harder. In the end, I would have liked some of this to be the result of economics but you take what you can get.[/font]
  • smootysveen
    April 26, 2010
    smootysveen
    Would've loved a third act.

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V.A. Musetto
October 10, 2008
V.A. Musetto, New York Post

This movie belongs to its stars, who also wrote and produced. You can't say their acting is good or bad because they are not really acting. They're just being themselves, pubic hair and all. Full Review

Nathan Lee
October 10, 2008
Nathan Lee, New York Times

Night and Weekends simultaneously plays like a critique of the mumblecore ethos and an especially obnoxious example of its whimsical tics and insouciant solipsism.

Nick Pinkerton
October 8, 2008
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice

These kids fear tripods like most twentysomethings fear neckties. Full Review

Logan Hill
October 6, 2008
Logan Hill, New York Magazine

Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig nail the everyday rhythms of stuttering indecision. Full Review

Peter Debruge
March 20, 2008
Peter Debruge, Variety

there's poetry -- not to mention a fair dose of comedy -- in the mix. Full Review

Josh Bell
August 13, 2009
Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly

Feels entirely true and real. Full Review

Leo Goldsmith
August 8, 2009
Leo Goldsmith, indieWIRE

Its surprisingly structured depiction of this relationship and its many private rituals and performances, which the film's unforgiving style continually strips bare Full Review

Cynthia Fuchs
October 27, 2008
Cynthia Fuchs, NPR.org

In brief scenes, lovely or tense, mostly unresolved, Nights and Weekends indicates a slow, almost imperceptible evolution in the relationship. Full Review

Noel Murray
October 17, 2008
Noel Murray, AV Club

Swanberg and Gerwig also have a gift for constructing the kind of moments rarely seen in contemporary American independent film. Full Review

Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
October 10, 2008
Sara Maria Vizcarrondo, Boxoffice Magazine

One imagines the film is making a gentle attempt to be a modern Scenes from a Marriage, and while that's a tall order, Gerwig and Swanberg aren't terribly far from the mark. Full Review

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