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Weekender (15)

Drama, Music

1990. The rave scene has arrived from Ibiza and warehouse parties are exploding across the UK bringing phenomenal wealth to the organisers. In Manchester, best mates Matt and Dylan are in their early 20's and long to be more than just punters. As the government moves to outlaw the scene, it's now or never and they quickly rise through the ranks to join the promoting elite.

More information on this production is available at www.weekender-movie.co.uk.

The critical consensus

Thank the party gods then for Henry Lloyd-Hughes, whose excellent lead performance saves Weekender from being completely unwatchable.

**(*)(*)(*)Paul Gallagher, The List, 19/08/2011

The soundtrack is predictably fab, the plotting merely predictable and none of it amounts to very much.

**(*)(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 30/08/2011

A bang-on soundtrack will make the hairs on ex-ravers' necks stand up. The plot will have the opposite effect.

**(*)(*)(*)Damon Wise, Empire Online, 30/08/2011

The leads gurn gamely, Ben Batt’s villain oozes menace and Golden directs energetically, but the climactic twists are as convincing as pills made of washing powder.

**(*)(*)(*)Kevin Harley, Total Film, 30/08/2011

The young cast all perform admirably, particularly O'Connell as the impressionable Dylan, while the script is sharp and frequently funny. However, the plot itself is not an original one — it is too easy to predict events.

***(*)(*)Becky Bartlett, The Skinny, 30/08/2011

A dead party with too few tricks up its sleeve.

Martyn Conterio, Little White Lies, 31/08/2011

The actors do their best, and Ben Batt is strong as the appalling John the Rat, but this is weak and the ending ("Trust me – it's over") is just ridiculous.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 01/09/2011

A poor man's Human Traffic.

**(*)(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 01/09/2011

It all goes in exactly the direction you might expect.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 03/09/2011

The cast lift it from disaster.

**(*)(*)(*)Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 02/09/2011


Features about Weekender (15)

Terry Farley remembers rave as Weekender hits the big screen

The Herald, 28/08/2011

Weekender (15)

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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