40
Despite some memorable high points, pic plays like "Love! Valour! Compassion!" -- without the laughs.
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What are critics saying?
10
L.A. Weekly by Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
Shrill and gloomy.
63
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
Intelligent and holds your attention, like a mystery story unraveling.
50
Thank God for Brooke Shields: Spitting spite with every remark she hurls at her long-suffering mother, she's a revelation.
60
It's a coffee-table movie, but what saves it are a couple of performances.Rowlands puts a spin on every line reading, Harris quietly mines regret, and Shields, assured and sexy, has never been this good.
50
You rarely see movies as dramatically uneven as The Weekend, which has a dreadful, one-star first half - followed by an interesting, three-star conclusion.
10
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
Bloodless, lip-biting psycho-carnage.
20
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
You have to admire the effort its attractive cast expends pumping life into stilted, flowery dialogue that confuses pretentious attitudinizing with profound insight.
60
Rowlands and Unger deliver sensitive performances, Shields is surprisingly good.