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The Weekend (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 6

Fresh: 3

Rotten:3

Average Rating: 5.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Nov 22, 2000 Limited

Synopsis: British writer-director Brian Skeet's (THE MISADVENTURES OF MARGARET) second feature is a mixture between LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! and THE BIG CHILL, and is based on Peter Cameron's novel of the... British writer-director Brian Skeet's (THE MISADVENTURES OF MARGARET) second feature is a mixture between LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! and THE BIG CHILL, and is based on Peter Cameron's novel of the same name. Marian (Deborah Kara Unger) and John Kerr (Jared Harris) are expecting an old friend, Lyle (David Conrad) for a weekend visit to their beautiful upstate New York home. Emotions run high since it is the one-year anniversary of the death of John's brother, the handsome and charismatic Tony (D.B. Sweeney), who had also been Lyle's lover. Marian, who is still inconsolable after losing Tony to AIDS, is upset when Lyle brings his new boyfriend, a young artist, Robert (James Duval). Meanwhile, the situation is just as tense at the Kerr's neighbors house, where oft-widowed, free spirit Laura Ponti (Gena Rowlands) gets a surprise visit from her resentful, angry daughter, Nina (Brooke Shields), and her married lover, Thierry (Gary Dourdan). Matters worsen when the battling mother-daughter duo joins the Kerr household for a dinner party, where the pain-riddled diners engage in a messy emotional showdown. Skeet's film is a studied examination of pain, loss, love and sexuality set against a deceptively lovely, idyllic backdrop. [More]

Starring: Brooke Shields, David Conrad, Deborah Kara Unger, Jared Harris

Starring: Brooke Shields, David Conrad, Deborah Kara Unger, Jared Harris, Gena Rowlands, D.B. Sweeney, Gary Dourdan, James Duval

Director: Brian Skeet

Director: Brian Skeet
Screenwriter: Brian Skeet
Producer: Ian Benson
Studio: Strand Releasing

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An engaging drama about grief based on a novel by Peter Cameron.

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A slow, ponderous and pretentious film, it has a treacly score that fills every crevice of the set.

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It gets pretty thick, but, thankfully, some of the performances cut through the preciousness.

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