Le Week End

Le WeekEnd is a 2013 BritishFrench drama film directed by Roger Michell and written by Hanif Kureishi. The film is the fourth collaboration between Michell and Kureishi, who both began developing the story seven years prior during a weekend trip to Montmartre. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

Le WeekEnd received positive reviews upon its release. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 89 of critics gave the film a positive review based on 123 reviews with a Certified Fresh rating, with an average score of 7.410. The sites consensus states Topped with bittersweet humor but possessing surprisingly thorny depths, Le WeekEnd offers a sophisticated, wellacted portrait of latelife struggles and longterm marriage. On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 74 citing generally favourable based onreviews.David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, stating, This fourth collaboration between director Roger Michell and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi is pleasurably supple in its mood shifts between droll verbal comedy and penetrating emotional truth. While not without touches of precious affectation, the film is imbued with an engaging mix of warmth and prickliness by the lovely, livedin performances of Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan. Dennis Harvey of Variety also praised the direction, writing, and lead performances calling the film a bittersweet, charming ... display of keenly intelligent craftsmanship on all levels that should appeal to the same mature audiences that embraced the creators 2006 Venus. ........

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