Intelligent and holds your attention, like a mystery story unraveling.
60
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
Rowlands and Unger deliver sensitive performances, Shields is surprisingly good.
60
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
It's a coffee-table movie, but what saves it are a couple of performances.Rowlands puts a spin on every line reading, Harris quietly mines regret, and Shields, assured and sexy, has never been this good.
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Thank God for Brooke Shields: Spitting spite with every remark she hurls at her long-suffering mother, she's a revelation.
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
You rarely see movies as dramatically uneven as The Weekend, which has a dreadful, one-star first half - followed by an interesting, three-star conclusion.
40
Variety
Variety
Despite some memorable high points, pic plays like "Love! Valour! Compassion!" -- without the laughs.
You have to admire the effort its attractive cast expends pumping life into stilted, flowery dialogue that confuses pretentious attitudinizing with profound insight.