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The Weekend Away

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A weekend getaway to Croatia goes awry when a woman is accused of killing her best friend and her efforts to get to the truth uncover a painful secret.
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The Weekend Away makes for a painless enough home viewing experience, but Leighton Meester's performance deserved a better film.

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Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News Author Sarah Alderson adapted her own novel, and the screenplay is made slick with clues, dead-ends and sinful temptations that don’t materialize to much. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 10, 2022 Full Review Mark Kermode Kermode & Mayo's Film Review A large glass of white wine on a Friday night. Mar 9, 2022 Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety Fast-moving enough to provide a decent night’s disposable home entertainment for viewers whose expectations aren’t geared any higher. Mar 4, 2022 Full Review Rebecca Johnson Film Focus Online It's plot will keep you invested even if you do guess most of the twists along the way. Just don't expect too much from the script, however well the actors manage to elevate it. Rated: 2/5 Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Jim Schembri jimschembri.com Not a bad little number, this, well-directed to the genre template by Kim Farrant and with an excellent supporting performance by Luke Norris as Beth's husband Rob. His scene on the phone is a mini-masterclass in emotionally authentic acting. Rated: 3/5 Oct 30, 2022 Full Review Rahul Desai News9 Live (India) Based on a Sarah Alderson novel, this trashy little Netflix whodunnit starring Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester as the innocent American in the wrong place at the wrong time is, well, a film that’s almost deliberately unoriginal. Jul 25, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 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 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review A M This is a great thriller with twists and turns that bring plenty of surprises. Leighton Meester shines, as does Croatia. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/25 Full Review Danté K The movie is okay to watch. You get to see Croatia and that is fun. But the plot is predictable. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/29/24 Full Review andrea c Thriller d'azione che parte con alta dose di divertimento e di sensualità ma che ben presto si tramuta in un incubo ad occhi aperti per la protagonista a cui sembra vada tutto storto. La sceneggiatura però presenta un numero troppo elevato di forzature e di concatenamenti che rendono il prodotto estremamente artificioso e poco credibile. Una serie di truffatori, psicopatici ed assassini praticamente accerchiano la protagonista che di fatto si ritrova ad essere l'unica persona senza intenzioni criminali in tutto il film. Nonostante questo, qualche bel colpo di scena ed una serie abbastanza varia di sequenze riesce a rendere quantomeno sopportabile la pellicola, pur non riuscendo nell'intento di renderla di qualità. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review Jeffrey P Uninteresting develops into a mildly interesting before concluding with a thud. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A weekend getaway to Croatia goes awry when a woman is accused of killing her best friend and her efforts to get to the truth uncover a painful secret.
Director
Kim Farrant
Producer
Charlie Morrison, Ben Pugh, Erica Steinberg
Screenwriter
Sarah Alderson
Production Co
Netflix, 42
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 3, 2022
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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