The Weekend

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Led by a potentially star-making performance from Sasheer Zamata, The Weekend takes a well-acted, smartly written approach to familiar character dynamics.

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Movie Info

A down-on-her-luck comedian's vacation plans are interrupted by her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
  • Rating:
    R (Some Language)
  • Genre:
    comedy
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Stella Meghie
  • Writer:
    Stella Meghie
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Production Co:
    Homegrown Pictures

Cast & Crew

Sasheer Zamata
Zadie Barber
Tone Bell
Bradford Collins
DeWanda Wise
Margo Johnson
Kym Whitley
Karen Barber
Y'lan Noel
Aubrey
Stella Meghie
Director
Stella Meghie
Screenwriter
Matthew Helderman
Executive Producer
Luke Dylan Taylor
Executive Producer
Kris Belchevski
Cinematographer
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All Critics (22) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (3)

  • The process of how [her] pain becomes comedy is very interesting to watch.

    September 16, 2019 | Full Review…

    Tim Cogshell

    FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

  • Notwithstanding any comparisons, there's more assured personality here than there was in her last feature, the bright, proficient but somewhat synthetic big-studio teen romance "Everything, Everything."

    September 13, 2019 | Full Review…

    Guy Lodge

    Variety

  • The Weekend quickly proves to be the mopiest comedy in many a moon.

    September 13, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

    Matt Fagerholm

    RogerEbert.com

  • It drags a bit at times, especially as it winds down, but it remains a film you want to spend more time with.

    September 13, 2019 | Full Review…

    Kimber Myers

    Los Angeles Times

  • Luckily, Meghie and the cast's ability to tap into a great deal of humor with a whole lot of energy helps to minimize the cringeworthy aspect of some of the unfortunate circumstances the characters find themselves in.

    September 21, 2018 | Full Review…

    Aramide Tinubu

    Shadow and Act

  • Meghie is adept at sliding between subplots and mixing her characters into talky combinations, all the better to maximize the film's slim 86-minute running time, but it's Zamata and her Zadie who steal nearly every moment.

    September 21, 2018 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

    Kate Erbland

    indieWire
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