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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Sep 2011

Writer-director Andrew Haigh, who's made several short films and one other feature while holding down big-studio editing gigs, allows the characters…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 28 Sep 2011

So much movie can be made with so little plot, given sufficient humanity and dramatic tension…

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By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Sep 2011

What begins as a one-night stand deepens, over the next two days, into a genuine romance as the young lovers embark on an epic dialogue that…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 27 Sep 2011

This is a smart, sensitive, perceptive film, with actors well suited to the dialogue…

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By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 22 Sep 2011

Weekend is a gay riff on Before Sunrise (1995), in which a man (Ethan Hawke) and woman (Julie Delpy) meet and fall in love in one night, before…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 22 Sep 2011

A surprisingly strong film about love and sexual identity that leaves a lasting impression…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 22 Sep 2011

An achingly tender chamber piece from first-time director Andrew Haigh…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 22 Sep 2011

Though the film benefits from an easy chemistry between the leads, it never hits any of the highs hinted at early on, leaving audiences unfulfilled…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 22 Sep 2011

Hile the credible script and naturalistic acting deserve praise, there's even a thrill in seeing romantic clichés -- you'll spot them all…

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By Alison Willmore (681) for AV Club (2,778) on 21 Sep 2011

Bittersweet, achingly authentic, and so intimate it almost feels invasive…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 21 Sep 2011

There is also a need for stories that address the complex entanglements of love and sex honestly, without sentiment or cynicism and with the…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 20 Sep 2011

British filmmaker Andrew Haigh's background in editing (from Gladiator to Mister Lonely) is evident in the casual beauty of moments that only…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 20 Sep 2011

Weekend builds into a powerful encapsulation of an identity crisis over the course of three passionate days…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 20 Sep 2011

Weekend is such a smart, prickly, sexy, inventive film that it critiques itself and critiques its viewers, gay or straight, even as it spins…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 19 Sep 2011

Weekend settles into an intentionally minor-key groove, caught somewhere between bracingly direct honesty and cringingly mumbly pretense…

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By Eric Hynes (189) for Village Voice (8,525) on 19 Sep 2011

Naturalistic without being ineloquent, heartfelt yet unsentimental, Weekend is the rarest of birds: a movie romance that rings true…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 19 Sep 2011

I hate to damage so fragile a work with overpraise, but, gay or straight, if you don't see yourself in this movie, you need to get a life…

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By Eric Henderson (366) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Sep 2011

A ticking stopwatch hangs over Weekend that amplifies the intensity of every conversation, every fight, every drink, every copulation…

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By Joe Leydon (915) for Variety (12,700) on 16 Sep 2011

Earnest and understated, Weekend has the intimate look and feel of a two-character stage play that has been opened up -- but only slightly,…

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By Anne Thompson (51) for Thompson on Hollywood (89) on 13 Sep 2011

The movie is exquisitely written, directed and acted in naturalistic, hand-held style on a shoestring. It's heartbreaking…

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