Weekender (2011)

9% of critics liked it
(11 reviews)
41% want to see it
(62 ratings)

1990. The rave scene has arrived from Ibiza and warehouse parties are exploding across the UK bringing phenomenal wealth to the organisers. In Manchester, best mates Matt and Dylan are in their early 20's and long to be more than just punters. As the government moves to outlaw the scene, it's now or… More 1990. The rave scene has arrived from Ibiza and warehouse parties are exploding across the UK bringing phenomenal wealth to the organisers. In Manchester, best mates Matt and Dylan are in their early 20's and long to be more than just punters. As the government moves to outlaw the scene, it's now or never and they quickly rise through the ranks to join the promoting elite. They are taken on a wild journey from the exclusive VIP rooms of London clubs to the outrageous parties in Ibiza super-villas and the hedonism of Amsterdam. It's everything they dreamed of and more. But as their success continues to grow, they attract a more dark and sinister world. Matt and Dylan start to drift apart as they are forced to question the dreams they set out to achieve and their once solid friendship.

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Karl Golden
Written By: Chris Coghill
Genres: Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy

Critic Reviews

Brian Pendreigh, Radio Times
The perennial problem with party films is that the viewer is made to feel a wallflower, looking on from the sidelines, and director Karl Golden does nothing to dispel that sense of distance here.
Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph
You don't feel a time and a place have been captured with much detail.
Derek Malcolm, This is London
Weekender isn't a very original film but at least the music score sounds authentic and director Karl Golden keeps the pace going.
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]
It's rammed with cliches and silliness and conforms to a lot of stereotypes, the most suspect being the obligatory scene in Ibiza whose only purpose is to show loads of young women with no tops on.
Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express
A poor man's Human Traffic.
Becky Bartlett, The Skinny
It's hard to not get caught up by the smoky, strobe-filled excess of easy money and ecstasy-enhanced raves.
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
The script is all over the place and the lacklustre direction ensures that it never quite delivers the rush you're hoping for.
Martyn Conterio, Little White Lies
A dead party with too few tricks up its sleeve.
Cath Clarke, Time Out
From the opening voiceover to the out-of-their-heads party scenes, it's utterly generic.
Damon Wise, Empire Magazine
A bang-on soundtrack will make the hairs on ex-ravers' necks stand up. The plot will have the opposite effect.
Kevin Harley, Total Film
The leads gurn gamely, Ben Batt's villain oozes menace and Golden directs energetically, but the climactic twists are as convincing as pills made of washing powder.

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