The Weekend Away

The Weekend Away

When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.

  • Released: 2022-03-03
  • Runtime: 90 minutes
  • Genre: Mystery, Thrillers
  • Stars: Leighton Meester, Christina Wolfe, Ziad Bakri, Luke Norris, Amar Bukvić, Iva Mihalić, Adrian Pezdirc, Parth Thakerar, Marko Braić, Lujo Kunčević, Parth Thakerar, Siniša Novković, Maro Drobnić, Giobbe Araya, Dragan Balić, Kyla Mae Ibero, Ivana Krizmanić, Nenad Srdelić, Luka Mikulicić, Toma Mikulicić
  • Director: Kim Farrant
 Comments
  • deepfrieddodo - 12 April 2024
    A Decent Crime Drama
    Whilst it may take a little time to get into, The Weekend Away does have an interesting plot. It's a mystery that isn't packed full of twists and turns, as every character who appears to be suspicious at first glance remains suspicious throughout. First impressions count for a lot, but the film is still without predictability towards the finale, allowing at least one major twist to be enjoyed.

    Some lines of dialogue are daft, and some actions completely illogical, but ultimately the plot is solid. Bakri is impressive in his role, and in general the acting throughout is relatively commendable.
  • gmuzz-92775 - 23 September 2023
    Average film with massive plot holes
    Honestly, I enjoyed the film - right up until the last 20/30 minutes but then the storyline and logic just goes completely out the window. Once they believe it's the police officer responsible for her friends murder, it says they have CCTV from the hotel of the altercation and her friend bein g dropped off and then other footage from boardwalk of the police officer dumping the body.

    Later on, it turns out it's the husband that's the killer, but he appeared right after the police officer dropped her at the hotel but they didn't see him on the CCTV footage, despite it being in the exact same spot the camera was covering? Then they convenient ignore the CCTV of the cop dumping the body and don't reference it and we're all now expected to believe it was the husband that murdered her friend? It's just laughably poor writing.

    Then it turns out her friend felt the affair with the husband was a fling and a mistake yet the texts from her friends phone that she seen earlier in the film demanded that the husband leave her for the friend.

    I'm amazed this wasn't picked up at any point in the writing or the filming - if you can switch off and ignore bad logic and poor writing then you might enjoy it, but that really annoyed me as they could at least make the story remotely believable.