Review of Last Weekend (2014) by May B — 05 Sep 2014

Fantastic film. Beautifully written. Honest.

This review of Last Weekend (2014) was written by May B on 05 Sep 2014.

Last Weekend has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Tina H (107) on 05 Sep 2014

Beautiful film both visually and in terms of story and character development…

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By Dave B (970) on 06 Jan 2015

Loved the lake house locale in Lake Tahoe. Patricia Clarkson did the most she could with a slow, somber script…

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By Serena Donadoni (158) for Village Voice (8,525) on 25 Aug 2014

Last Weekend is too enamored of this nouveau riche household to be satirical, instead offering unexpected moments of genuine warmth as a calling…

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By Private U (13,627) on 06 Oct 2014

Really worth checking out. Great cast, nuanced story, and beautifully shot. Fantastic balance of humor and pathos…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 10 Sep 2014

Aside from Patricia Clarkson, who is practically this movie's reason for being, the great virtue of Last Weekend is that it's exactly as it…

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By Dan Schindel (235) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 24 Jul 2014

It's like Arrested Development without the irony…

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By Elizabeth T (202) on 02 Sep 2014

I thought this film was excellent. It was meaningful, thought provoking and so real the interactions between the characters. It is worth seeing…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Sep 2014

All the possibilities of a richly drawn family squabble fade faster than the final days of summer…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 24 Sep 2014

A flat drama filmed at a house that's more interesting than most of the characters…

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By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 27 Aug 2014

Its eventual reach for warm-and-fuzzy emotional catharsis rings hollow among characters that never become more than disagreeably shallow products…

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