The Weekend (1998)
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50% of critics liked it
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29% of users liked it
(54 ratings)
In an exclusive neighborhood in upstate New York, family and friends gather to commemorate the AIDS-related death of Tony (played in flashbacks by D.B. Sweeney), a much-loved young man. The gathering takes place at the country home of Tony's half-brother John (Jared Harris) and John's moody… More In an exclusive neighborhood in upstate New York, family and friends gather to commemorate the AIDS-related death of Tony (played in flashbacks by D.B. Sweeney), a much-loved young man. The gathering takes place at the country home of Tony's half-brother John (Jared Harris) and John's moody wife Marian (Deborah Kara Unger). John and Marian's marriage has been under some strain, due in large part to Marian's overriding worries about their year-old baby. When Tony's longtime lover and Marian's best friend Lyle (David Conrad) arrives with Robert (James Duval), his new boyfriend, tensions heighten further. Meanwhile, on the other side of the lake, wealthy widow Laura (Gena Rowlands) returns home to a surprise visit from her estranged daughter Nina (Brooke Shields), a B-movie actress whose latest attempt to shock her mother comes courtesy of Thierry (Gary Dourdan), the married, black Parisian she has brought along. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
- Directed By
- Brian Skeet
- Written By
- Brian Skeet
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 22, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- Strand Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
If I had to spend the weekend with these whiny, pretentious characters, I'd jump in the lake and never come up.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
An engaging drama about grief based on a novel by Peter Cameron.
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Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews
A slow, ponderous and pretentious film, it has a treacly score that fills every crevice of the set.
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David Noh, Film Journal International
It gets pretty thick, but, thankfully, some of the performances cut through the preciousness.
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Cast
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Deborah Kara Unger
as Marian
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Jared Harris
as John
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D.B. Sweeney
as Tony
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Gena Rowlands
as Laura
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Brooke Shields
as Nina
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David Conrad
as Lyle
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James Duval
as Robert
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Gary Dourdan
as Thierry
