Weekender (2011)
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9% of critics liked it
(11 reviews) -
45% want to see it
(67 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,… 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.
- Directed By
- Karl Golden
- Written By
- Chris Coghill
- Genres
- Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Cath Clarke, Time Out
From the opening voiceover to the out-of-their-heads party scenes, it's utterly generic.
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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.
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Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph
You don't feel a time and a place have been captured with much detail.
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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.
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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.
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