Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
The Lost Weekend has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of The Lost Weekend (1945)
By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Dec 2006
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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 01 Jan 2000
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By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 31 Jul 2001
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By Marty Mapes (591) for Movie Habit (892) on 20 Aug 2002
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The Lost Weekend was released in 1945 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 340 reviews, giving The Lost Weekend (1945) an average rating of 81%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 80%.
With a score of 81%, The Lost Weekend is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1945, which stands at 62%.
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