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Two friends move from partying in abandoned warehouses to promoting the gatherings in the Ibiza rave scene of the early '90s.
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Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) You don't feel a time and a place have been captured with much detail. Rated: 2/5 Sep 2, 2011 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Weekender isn't a very original film but at least the music score sounds authentic and director Karl Golden keeps the pace going. Rated: 2/5 Sep 2, 2011 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian It's rammed with cliches and silliness and conforms to a lot of stereotypes, the most suspect being the obligatory scene in Ibiza whose only purpose is to show loads of young women with no tops on. Rated: 2/5 Sep 1, 2011 Full Review Brian Pendreigh Radio Times The perennial problem with party films is that the viewer is made to feel a wallflower, looking on from the sidelines, and director Karl Golden does nothing to dispel that sense of distance here. Rated: 2/5 Sep 8, 2011 Full Review Henry Fitzherbert Daily Express (UK) A poor man's Human Traffic. Rated: 2/5 Sep 1, 2011 Full Review Becky Bartlett The Skinny It's hard to not get caught up by the smoky, strobe-filled excess of easy money and ecstasy-enhanced raves. Rated: 3/5 Sep 1, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Ok, it's not winning any prizes but it does get better with age as the nostalgia grows stronger. With today's kids taking Bicep's lead and remaking the music of their parents from shoegaze, to electro to rave: this is the perfect time to revisit Weekender. Cartoon characterizations of wide eyed club kids, bouncers, drug dealers all getting a little out of their depth in Sergio Tacchini, adidas firebirds and an Italia 90 T-Shirt and Gascoigne 19 jersey that would go for tons before tomorrow's Italy v England final. No one really gets hurt and the main couple end up on a beach with a lovely kid. Absolute tunes on a great soundtrack from the greatest age in music. 1971? Nah, 1991 mate. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member The tone got too dark for my liking. Keep it light, keep it fun. But I couldn't help trying to come up with ways of putting an end to that dickhead gang leader and those are not the kind of thoughts I want swirling around my head during a movie about the rave scene. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Great Movie!!! love the soundtrack only downside is there could of been alittle more detail to the story but other than that I really enjoyed it Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Manchester answer to human traffic but better. Great music through out.If you a true Manc like me the you should love this. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Enjoyed it, good young cast Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member DREADFULL....POINTLESS.....RUBBSIH.....I have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is such a really dreadful movie 2 watch its such an awful movie 2 watch.....YOU HAVE GOT TO WATCH THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE AS SOMETHING HAPPENES AT THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE.....its got a good soundtrack throughout this movie.....this is such an awful movie 2 watch it is so so so dreadful......its got good fight scenes throughout this movie.......its such a really pointless movie 2 watch its so rubbish movie 2 watch it is so awful movie 2 watch.........the best thing about this movie is probably the soundtrack but this is such a really awful movie 2 watch its so dreadful.......... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two friends move from partying in abandoned warehouses to promoting the gatherings in the Ibiza rave scene of the early '90s.
Director
Karl Golden
Producer
Ian Brady, Stephen Salter, Robert Walak
Screenwriter
Chris Coghill
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 22, 2014
Runtime
1h 30m
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