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Weekend follows Russell (newcomer Tom Cullen, Best Actor winner at Nashville), who, after randomly picking up artist Glen (Chris New) at a nightclub on a Friday night, unexpectedly spends most of the ... read more read more...next 48 hours with him in bedrooms and bars, telling stories and having sex, while developing a connection that will resonate throughout their lives. This affecting and naturalistic romance is beautifully realized, earning comparisons to Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise in its exploration of how two people can come together only briefly, yet impact each other in a profound way. -- (C) Sundance Selects

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Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Andrew Haigh

Release Date: September 23, 2011

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  • blacksheepboy
    April 22, 2012
    blacksheepboy
    A wonderfully honest and realistic portrayal of a sexual encounter leading to something profound and unexpected. In essence a universal story, even if centered on two gay men, and it is so easy to identify with these characters who are so three-dimensional, well constructed and c... read moreomplex.
  • RCCLBC
    January 5, 2012
    RCCLBC
    Remarkably well done. Uncomfortably insightful. And surprisingly moving.

    It's not often that I see a "gay themed" film that I feel is really well done and doesn't rely on stereotypes and cliches to try and make audiences feel "connected".

    This (very intimate) look into ... read morea very intense (albeit) brief romance and how a few raw, honest hours can effect a person more deeply then years of the shallow inane and often insincere interactions that we have all come to accept (for the most part) as the status quo.

    As good as the writing and directing are...it's the two lead actors that really make this film work. Tom Cullen (Russell) in particular, gives an amazing performance. I dare you not to fall in love with this guy.
  • 366weirdmovies
    December 4, 2011
    366weirdmovies
    A lifeguard who's halfway in the closet picks up a more confident artist at a gay bar, and they spend the weekend together taking drugs, having sex and discussing their deepest secrets. Very naturalistic and believable with excellent acting and dialogue; the best "queer" movie I... read more've seen, it blends universal hman emotions with gay-specific concerns.
  • dunmyer
    September 26, 2011
    dunmyer
    "Weekend" is a remarkable little film from England shot on a shoestring budget that has far more power than most movies with 100 times its budget. It tells the story of two intelligent gay men just entering middle age who meet in a club one night and have a fairly perfunctory one... read more-night stand.

    Slowly but surely in the morning, as the drunken haze departs, they realize that they really like each other. A dinner that evening confirms it. They stay up nearly all night, talking non-stop.

    Actors Tom Cullen and Chris New are so real that at times you think you're watching a documentary. Anyone who has ever had a one-night stand will recognize the odd mixture of intimacy and remoteness on the morning after that Cullen and New bring to life so perfectly. It's also beautiful to watch the gradual blossoming of feelings of love.

    Because of a plot detail that I won't reveal, the fledgling relationship runs into a massive challenge right away. Watching characters deal with this is captivating, especially given the fact that the script is so fine and so true to life.

    Writer/director Andrew Haigh, heretofore a complete unknown, pulls off some kind of miracle and creates one of the most beautiful stories of troubled love that I really have ever seen. Gay men will be especially taken up by the story, and the film is certain to become something of a gay classic. But anyone who cares about the human heart will be moved by "Weekend."

    It would be fascinating to have a roundtable discussion after a screening of "Weekend" to hear from straight men, lesbians and others about the aspects of themselves that they saw in the story. I would especially like to hear from straight men about what they felt was behind the resistance to relationships shown by Chris New's character.

    "Weekend" continues the remarkable winning streak that we've had with art-house releases in 2011, especially from new filmmakers. Thank heavens for indie filmmakers; they have rescued 2011.
  • gator681
    November 13, 2011
    gator681
    In "Weekend," Russell(Tom Cullen) leaves a friendly gathering on a Friday night, so he can go clubbing. At one nightspot, he gets quite inebriated, picking up Glen(Chris New) to bring home with him. The following morning, he makes the obligatory coffee to bring to Glen in bed. ... read more What Glen is more interested in doing is walking through the events of the previous night for an art project he is working on.

    More erotic than passionate, "Weekend" is pretty much a two-hander, so to speak, trying to explore the different ways straights and gays are perceived and how this affects their lives. While there are some intelligent thoughts here centered around how everybody should live their lives openly, actions such as public displays of affection have to be sincere, regardless. In any case, I do believe the technical term for anybody who brags about his sex life is an asshole. For example, at first I thought Russell might be uncomfortable in his own skin but after he turns the tables on Glen, I realized he is probably just reserved and there is nothing wrong with that. For the record, I have been in a hotel alone in Portland, Oregon and was not at all miserable. And friends are a blessing but cliques are not. So maybe, the sign "Way Out" framed at the end does not mean the same thing it did in "The Prisoner."
  • fb720603734
    November 9, 2011
    fb720603734
    Kind of like MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, if those guys had skipped the entree, done a lot of drugs, and shagged for days. This beautifully shot and felt film runs deeper than I had heard. Just two gay guys meeting and hanging out for a few days...it has a gentle yearning for connecti... read moreon...something anyone can appreciate. Lovely performances and cinematography, unexpected framing, and fascinating unspoken passages. It feels like we're hearing the unspoken last works from LOST IN TRANSLATION - - that intimate moment we've all wanted to hear.
  • fb796967648
    September 26, 2011
    fb796967648
    Fresh, true, tiny and kind of perfect, WEEKEND is the BEFORE SUNRISE/SUNSET movie for the gay generation. A quiet and amazingly observed examination of two guys who meet and spend 48 hours in bed, in conversation and in thrall, it's one of the best things I've seen in a long tim... read moree. The performances by the two guys are simply breathtaking, and the writing and direction are so assured and so simple that you may not even notice how stunning it is. It's no small achievement to capture two humans just existing in real time with each other, and more than any film I can remember, this film does just that. You don't feel like a fly on the wall - you feel like you're actually there. And your heart may break before the thing is over. But don't worry; that's what hearts are for.
  • chihoe
    March 24, 2012
    chihoe
    An utterly raw and honest portrayal, "Weekend" explores a one-night stand that turns into 48 hours together. Over the course of the weekend, the two individuals share their emotional longings and frustrations, their thoughts on anything from relationships to gay rights, and open ... read moretheir hearts as they recount vignettes from their personal histories. Comparisons to "Before Sunrise" are just and deserving because "Weekend" does what the former did well in â" having a naturalness and insightfulness emerging from provocative conversations and flowing chemistry between the leads. Furthermore, it shows how one can be of such an influence to another, regardless of how brief their time spent together is.
  • fb20312798
    October 27, 2011
    fb20312798
    I'm utterly fascinated by how director Andrew Haigh takes moments of extreme catharsis and makes them feel real, like we were watching a documentary rather than a work of fiction. Its one of the few times an attempt at serious realism in film doesn't seem forced. The two central ... read moreperformances of Tom Cullen and Chris New shouldn't be discounted, they manage to convey two very different personality types that are extremely attracted to one another. Even their arguments are filled with a kind of explosive sexual energy. Also, my high review is probably due to the fact that this film parallels a lot of recent developments in my own life and that 'Weekend is basically the best example of modern gay life in recent memory.
  • danieljparsons
    October 15, 2011
    danieljparsons
    This. *This* is what it's like to be gay, at least for me. Review soon.

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Critic Reviews

Colin Covert
October 27, 2011
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

It's a definitive example of naturalistic moviemaking -- you feel you're breathing the air that the characters are breathing. Full Review

Kyle MacMillan
October 14, 2011
Kyle MacMillan, Denver Post

Its final moments offer a vision of what a contemporary romance can achieve: an appreciative gasp of truth, a wet-eyed hope for more. Full Review

Wesley Morris
October 13, 2011
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

One of the truest, most beautiful movies ever made about two strangers. Full Review

Dana Stevens
October 7, 2011
Dana Stevens, Slate

If you've ever met someone who changed your life in the space of days, you'll relate to something in this movie. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
October 7, 2011
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

The organ that "Weekend" is most concerned with isn't the one you might think, but the human heart. Full Review

David Wiegand
October 7, 2011
David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle

In just a short period of time, a weekend hookup tests the boundaries each man has set for himself. Full Review

Michael Phillips
October 3, 2011
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

If this lovely movie proffers a thesis or a moral, it's a simple one. A more open, fully integrated and passionate life feeds the soul no less than air and water. Or coffee the morning after. Full Review

Richard Brody
October 3, 2011
Richard Brody, New Yorker

The bland sentimentality and dull attitudinizing turn the movie into an empty frame of good intentions. Full Review

Kenneth Turan
September 30, 2011
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

A moving and empathetic look at how relationships develop, at how people fall in love and what that does and doesn't do to their lives. Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
September 29, 2011
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

It's about love's essence, and the pain of its absence. Full Review

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    • Russell: Dad? I got something I need to tell you.
    • Glen: [pretending to be Russell's dad] What's that?
    • Russell: I'm gay.
    • Glen: [pretends to think] Hmm.
    • Russell: I like guys, not girls.
    • Glen: [breathes out slowly] Well. You know what, son. It doesn't matter to me. I love you just the same. And guess what?
    • Russell: What?
    • Glen: I couldn't be more proud of you than if you were the first man on the moon.
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