Intelligent and holds your attention, like a mystery story unraveling.
60
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
Rowlands and Unger deliver sensitive performances, Shields is surprisingly good.
60
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
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.
Thank God for Brooke Shields: Spitting spite with every remark she hurls at her long-suffering mother, she's a revelation.
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
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.
40
Variety
Variety
Despite some memorable high points, pic plays like "Love! Valour! Compassion!" -- without the laughs.
You have to admire the effort its attractive cast expends pumping life into stilted, flowery dialogue that confuses pretentious attitudinizing with profound insight.