Long Weekend

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Movie opens with some sort of mystery senses and ends with a girl from the future tried to leave some money for her mother so cure cancer Bud ended up saving a boy with tumor and left 90k in his bank to spare and believing their relationship is real. Wow, people from the future has nothing better to do? The idea is some what similar to The Contact at a such low level scale.

There's a lot of art out there. This one is simply the easiest and enjoyable.

My wife and I really enjoyed this movie. Recommended watching.

Struggling writer Bart (Finn Wittrock) is trying to recover from the collapse of his life. His girlfriend left him. With only three hundred bucks in the bank and no job, he has to move into the garage of his best friend Doug (Damon Wayans Jr.) and his wife Rachel (Casey Wilson). His life starts turning around when he meets Vienna (Zoë Chao). She carries lots of cash but no credit cards. She has no cell phone and then she reveals something truly out there. Despite her denial, Vienna is very much a manic pixie dream girl. This is that kind of movie and a fine one at that. Zoë Chao is a fascinating performer. Her reveal is a bit expected and I like some of the consequent conflict. Then comes the shocking turn. At first, I am delighted with the great twist but I thought about it a bit more. Even if she's imaginary, lots of things associated with her is not. They did a lot things together. They had a place together. I assumed before the reveal that it was her place but she doesn't exist and he doesn't have any money. How did he pay for it and where did all that furniture come from? It makes no sense. She has to exist because someone has to pay for everything. I don't want nitpick but it's annoying when the story that requires careful plotting falters due to poor construction.

Acting was superb..... definitely a different kind of romance. Worth a watch !

You know those movies that you can't stop talking about to your friends and if they watch it, it's glorious, and those who haven't seen it can't relate and are sick of hearing about it? Thats how much I enjoyed the art direction, twists, and how you are 'involved' in wondering 'how it's going to happen', or maybe it isn't 😉, and the scales of wonder you slide through. It's a feel good, relatable love story that appeals to our sense of wonder and it hits all the bases.

As "Long Weekend" (2021 release; 91 min.) opens, we get to know Jeremy. He is definitely down on his luck, being kicked out of his apartment by his landlord, and hence having to move in the garage of his buddy Doug, who is married with 3 little kids. Jeremy decides to go see "Being There" that is playing at the Hayworth (in LA), where he dozes off and he is awakened by the movie theater employee, a woman named Vienna. One thing leads to another, and she asks him out for a drink. She seems to be the mysterious type, with no driver's license, no cell phone, and a wad of $20 bills in her purse... At this point we are 10 min. into the movie but to tell you more of the plot would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out. Couple of comments: don't confuse this movie with the same titled 1978 film by Colin Eggleston or its 2008 remake. This "Long Weekend" is a labor of love from Stephen Basilone, who stars (as Jeremy) and he also wrote the original script and produced for good measure. But does it make a decent film? The answer is... at times, but not consistently enough. First of all, the script is simply not compelling. Even when we learn the Big Reveal about one-third into the movie, nothing much changes, and it seems like the script is scraping the bottom of the barrell to round out the 90 full min. Second, this film stands or falls with how the 2 main characters, Jeremy and Vienna, relate to each other. Sadly, there is no major chemistry between Stephen Basilone and Zoe Chao (as Vienna). In particular Basilone is visibly "acting". I kept waiting for the film to take off, and ended up waiting and waiting... Please note that this film was made in 2019, and has been sitting on the shelves for 2 years. "Long Weekend" opened in theaters this weekend, and given the dearth of new theater releases while the pandemic is still raging in this country, I decided to check it out. I really shouldn't have. The Friday late afternoon screening where I saw this at turned out to be a private screening: I was literally the only person in the theater. And the rest of the movieplex resembled a ghost town. No idea how movie theaters can operate profitably like that. If you are in the mood for a romantic comedy or are a fan of either Zoe Chao or Stephen Basilone, I'd suggest you check it out (but going in with expecetations in check), be it in the theater, on VOD, or eventually on DVD/Blu-ray, and draw your own conclusion.

Young man with a recent history of mental health issues meets a mysterious woman who changes his life. I was initially expecting this to be a Before Sunrise type film. Two people falling for one another over one long weekend. And that is what it was for a while. Not original, but still charming. Then as we learn more about the woman, I begin to assume she's got her own mental health issues. Now I'm expecting a Silver Linings Playbook. Two people with problems finding strength from each other. Again not original but would have made sense, especially with the woman's reveal as to why she's there. But no. The writer decides to throw a curveball that is completely out of the blue. It also renders much of what came before it irrelevant. In fact, none of the film makes sense if you care enough to take the time and really think about it. That being said, the lead actors had a nice chemistry with Finn Wittrock especially appealing as a leading man. Now someone just needs to give him a better a script. I'm partly to blame I guess. What did I expect to be released on a non holiday weekend during COVID.