The Weekend Away

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Tim S With beautiful cinematography of a picturesque coastal holiday resort, lush palm trees , great nightlife and amazing architecture “The Weekend Away” works really well as an advertising video for The Croatian Tourist Board.  However it doesn’t work as well as a murder mystery thriller.  Beth ( Leighton Meester ) is invited on a girls weekend by her recently divorced best friend Kate. Beth a new mum to Aster or Esther, pronounced as both throughout, has been rather low due to both the lack of attention from husband Rob and exhaustion due to her baby. Beth  takes the opportunity to reengage with her friend and have some quality me time away.  What transpires is a wild night out that descends into a drunken drug filled evening ending up with Kate dead in the water. Now accused of Kate’s murder, Beth takes it into her own hands, with help from a taxi driver, to discover what really happened.  It struck me that given Beth’s actions of how she recklessly destroyed evidence and nearly killed someone before actually doing so,  that I would also accuse her of her friends murder. Even the handy way Beth finds crucial evidence also suspiciously points the finger of guilt towards her. Beth being the killer would definitely have made for a much better twist than the actual ending.  “The Weekend Away” seems like a standard, but rather well made, feature length episode of a  long running TV whodunnit series. “The Weekend Away” keeps the audience guessing as  most of the characters that Beth engages with are very suspicious  and seemingly have some sort of motive to kill Kate. It’s also rather too convenient how crucial evidence is found and how easy it is to kill someone and walk away without any manslaughter charges. Great cinematography though. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/06/25 Full Review Lachlan M Captivating start and beautiful setting. Unfortunately this wasn’t enough for a compelling thriller. The lead actress became increasingly annoying to watch with her constant cries of desperation in a flimsy plot. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/31/25 Full Review Mira K A movie I have seen a thousand times. Nothing new. Not good, not bad. Not nothing. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/15/25 Full Review Areeba A A good movie. Must watch. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/03/25 Full Review Rich S As Lifetime movies go, The Weekend Away is a Friday or Saturday entry. Like a Sudoku puzzle, it's a little tougher, a little grittier and takes longer to solve on Fridays and Saturdays. Another thing about Lifetime movies and Sudoku puzzles. They offer the same nine numbers and you just have to put them on the grid correctly to get the solution. Confused? That's the purpose of a movie like The Weekend Away. It throws what, maybe nine potential suspects at you and tells you to figure it out. The clues are barely meaningful and leads that do have some teeth are soon trumped by some other factoid that just appears out of the blue. The Weekend Away should not ever be spent in Croatia, mind you. Although the scenery is one of the positive points in the film, it is heavily outweighed by a bad story with third-rate actors -- even the ones at the top of the bill -- playing characters you will have little interest in following through to the end. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/22/25 Full Review Madam D I enjoyed all the twists in the plot & didn't know who did it until the very end. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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