The Weekend
critic Reviews
, 87% Fresh Tomatometer Score- Led by a potentially star-making performance from Sasheer Zamata, The Weekend takes a well-acted, smartly written approach to familiar character dynamics.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTim CogshellFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
The process of how [her] pain becomes comedy is very interesting to watch.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGuy LodgeVariety
Notwithstanding any comparisons, there's more assured personality here than there was in her last feature, the bright, proficient but somewhat synthetic big-studio teen romance "Everything, Everything."
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMatt FagerholmRogerEbert.com
The Weekend quickly proves to be the mopiest comedy in many a moon.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKimber MyersLos Angeles Times
It drags a bit at times, especially as it winds down, but it remains a film you want to spend more time with.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAramide TinubuShadow and Act
Luckily, Meghie and the cast's ability to tap into a great deal of humor with a whole lot of energy helps to minimize the cringeworthy aspect of some of the unfortunate circumstances the characters find themselves in.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKate ErblandindieWire
Meghie is adept at sliding between subplots and mixing her characters into talky combinations, all the better to maximize the film's slim 86-minute running time, but it's Zamata and her Zadie who steal nearly every moment.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael DequinaTheMovieReport.com
Zamata is not only deadly with her precision-timed one-liners but piercing in the more dramatic beats.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMatthew St. ClairCinema Sentries
The ladies are the strong center of this breezy and completely ingenious romantic comedy.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJohn SerbaDecider
The Weekend endears us to its characters, inspires plenty of laughs and has us wondering if Zamata is a movie star on the rise.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreDominic GriffinSpectrum Culture
On the one hand, it could seem like some kind of triumph to see a young black filmmaker play in the same shallow end of the pool, but given that she's already helmed two other (better!) features, this feels like the worst kind of regression.
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