Weekend

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William L Godard tries to be Jacques Tati, except angrier, stranger, and less subtle. Bringing a higher budget doesn't mean that you automatically make a film particularly insightful. It's a grab bag of randomness pretending to be targeted surrealism, paired with attempts at philosophy, geopolitics, and criticisms of consumerism; in other words, its Godard preening himself in front of a mirror. A woman standing next to a firey pileup, loudly wailing over the fate of her Hermes handbag instead of the human toll of the accident; how creative and sharp. With an endless stream of car crashes and fake blood, Weekend feels like its strangeness is simply for the sake of strangeness or an imitation of other films rather than anything more substantial. Along with Alphaville, Weekend is really forcing me to question whether or not Godard is more than a recognizable name that lucked into some early successes before falling in love with the idea of himself that contemporary critics developed. (1.5/5) Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/22/21 Full Review Gaurav V Funny, witty, and thought provoking. Goddard at his best! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/22/21 Full Review Audience Member Honestly I am torn between 2.5 to 3 stars so I'll go with 2.5 for now... I genuinely enjoyed most of this movie I like those kind of things but it was definitely 30 minutes too long and at some point I was just dying for it to end. This was not helped by the fact that I think the ending kinda takes away from most of the movie and I would've liked it way more without those hippies cannibals revolutionaries Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Fra B It's an escalation of absurdity and Godard annex to it a darkly humorous satire, a social criticism and a meta commentary on cinema (or art, in general) and especially on how people react to it, but do not expect it to be intellectual or clear: it's a grotesque travel whose first intent is to alienate the viewers, and god, if it's alienating! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/07/21 Full Review Audience Member A monument of cinema. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is terrible! Nothing happens yet it's grotesque. My eyes hurt for 1 hr and 45 minutes I spent watching this garbage piece of "cinema." I have never considered leaving a film more than I did here. I understand that it's art but not all art is good and not all artists are Monet. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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