The Longest Week

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The Longest Week

PG-13

Released Sep 5, 2014

1h 26m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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Left broke and homeless by his wealthy parents' divorce, a young man (Jason Bateman) moves in with an old friend (Billy Crudup) and finally meets the woman (Olivia Wilde) of his dreams -- only to discover she's already dating his friend.

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

Not even the able actors that Glanz somehow managed to rope into his project can do much with the draggy story and the vapid characters that they have been given to play.

Rated: 1/4

Sep 5, 2014

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

Like so many filmmaking wunderkinds who could have used a course in common sense, Glanz is technically assured but emotionally hollow.

Sep 5, 2014

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

It takes effort to turn a movie with a cast as appealing as the one in "The Longest Week" into a grating exercise in narcissism, but writer and director Peter Glanz proves up to the task.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 4, 2014

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Despite a nicely chosen cast and a handful of flourishes borrowed from the works of cinematic masters, there's little carbonation to this stale elixir that too often depends on cliché.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 5, 2019

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S. Jhoanna Robledo

Common Sense Media

Tiresome romcom doesn't live up to promise; some iffy stuff.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 15, 2014

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Melissa Weller

Paste Magazine

Throughout the film, the writing is heady but heartless, as if Glanz means to occupy the intellectual high ground by exploiting tired romantic clichés and passing off his finger pointing as evidence of self-righteousness.

Rated: 4.1/10

Sep 11, 2014

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Meghan A

I feel like if I asked ChatGPT to write a Wes Anderson movie staring Jason Bateman it would be this.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/14/25

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Sal D

Having seen the scores on Rotten Tomatoes, I was. At first iffy about watching this movie but Jason Bateman’s talent was just enough to hit the play button. Norman exceptional movie, The Longest Week was better than expected - perhaps because the scores were sooooo low my expectations were much the same. As expected, Bateman’s performance was the lure - the supporting cast did well enough along with the production, which never felt like it was dragging along. With a little deeper insightful script or an infusion of more Paul Thomas Anderson wit would have made this move much more memorable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/24/25

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Doug B

I found it a mildly enjoyable film to watch for movie date night with my wife. The writing though…Oy the writing. Imagine a high schooler trying for a hodge-podge of Woody Allen, Whit Stillman, and a little Wes Anderson, and flailing. That about sums it up.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/22/25

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Tina S

This movie is completely unwatchable

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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Judith G

It was cute, but felt like the longest week.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/25/25

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Matthew P

Almost every critic dislikes this movie... But despite the heavy nods to Wes Anderson and Woody Allen, its wit (derivative or not) is something I like and the movie's real failing is its relatively weak premise and storyline.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Synopsis

Left broke and homeless by his wealthy parents' divorce, a young man (Jason Bateman) moves in with an old friend (Billy Crudup) and finally meets the woman (Olivia Wilde) of his dreams -- only to discover she's already dating his friend.

Director: Peter Glanz
Producer: Uday Chopra, Neda Armian
Screenwriter: Peter Glanz
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Yash Raj Films, Far Hills Pictures, Armian Pictures, YRF Entertainment, Atlantic Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Smoking|Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 5, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 26, 2016
Runtime: 1h 26m

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