{"id":199579,"date":"2021-03-11T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-long-weekend-review-a-sentimental-and-sincere-romantic-comedy\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T17:00:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:00:29","slug":"watch-long-weekend-review-a-sentimental-and-sincere-romantic-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-long-weekend-review-a-sentimental-and-sincere-romantic-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;Long Weekend&#8217; Review: A Sentimental and Sincere Romantic Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a33e446bd312\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a33e446bd312\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-long-weekend-review-a-sentimental-and-sincere-romantic-comedy\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Long_Weekend_Review_A_Sentimental_and_Sincere_Romantic_Comedy%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Long Weekend&#8217; Review: A Sentimental and Sincere Romantic Comedy&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-long-weekend-review-a-sentimental-and-sincere-romantic-comedy\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Long_Weekend_Review_A_Sentimental_and_Sincere_Romantic_Comedy%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Long Weekend&#8217; Review: A Sentimental and Sincere Romantic Comedy&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Long_Weekend_Review_A_Sentimental_and_Sincere_Romantic_Comedy%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Long Weekend&#8217; Review: A Sentimental and Sincere Romantic Comedy&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Long_Weekend_Review_A_Sentimental_and_Sincere_Romantic_Comedy%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Long Weekend&#8217; Review: A Sentimental and Sincere Romantic Comedy&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        \u201cBoy meets girl\u201d doesn\u2019t exactly h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en in stereotypical fashion in writer-director Steve Bailone\u2019s \u201cLong Weekend.\u201d There\u2019s no string-swelling orchestral accomp<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a>nt. Gone is a golden-hour glow haloing the protagonists\u2019 first glances. And their meet-cute isn\u2019t announced with an air of whimsical calamity. These star-crossed lovers\u2019 worlds collide on an average day totally by chance in this metaphysical, melancholic tale that skillfully fuses time-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> movie constructs with familiar romantic comedy tropes. By tweaking each of those formulas slightly, the results are refreshing and inventive.<\/p>\n<p>Bart (Finn Wittrock) has been going through a rough time. The compounding crises of his mother\u2019s death and a tumultuous breakup have caused him to suffer a nervous breakdown. The fallout from the fracture with his ex-girlfriend forces him to move out of their idyllic Los Angeles apartment since he can\u2019t afford the rent on his own. Memories of their time together haunt the place anyway, so his prospective transitional housing situation \u2014 staying in his cool married friends Doug (Damon Wayans, Jr.) and Rachel\u2019s (Casey Wilson) converted garage \u2014 should prove a healthier respite. His humbling recovery process also includes him accepting a semi-humiliating gig at a medical supply company, writing up boring catalog items instead of exercising his creative writing talents.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s during this depressive time when Bart meets Vienna (Zo\u00eb Chao) at a neighborhood revival theater. After their initial hours spent together, walking around town, playing with sparklers in the park at sunset, drifting from one local craft bar to the next watering hole, he learns this gregarious, enigmatic stranger is traveling with some weighty baggage \u2014 and not just the physical kind. Red flags are raised when he realizes she\u2019s staying in an inconspicuous motel, carrying wads of cash in her backpack, and doesn\u2019t have any identification or a cell phone. He presses her for further details about her situation, but she casually steers the conversation elsewhere, or vaguely confesses half-truths. However, Vienna can only keep up the charade for so long before she finally divulges her big secret: She\u2019s a time traveler. Trouble is she\u2019s unexpectedly fallen in love with Bart, thus complicating her return.<\/p>\n<p>The push-pull of the mystery isn\u2019t so much Vienna\u2019s reveal as it is the question of how the hopeless romantics will handle their impending split, or if they\u2019ll even be torn apart at all. Bart questions his and her sanity multiple times, as do his friends, who only know of her existence because of him. It takes a \u201cRuby Sparks\u201d-inspired approach to the conflict between the two, where he shoulders much of the pressure to keep her in his life. The layer of doubt about whether she\u2019s lying, possibly bipolar or genuinely telling the truth is what provides the protagonists\u2019 inner and outer stakes.<\/p>\n<p>Wittrock and Chao\u2019s chemistry is undeniable, floating the film on their endearing charm. They instill depth and dimension to these characters, getting us to care about their conundrums. Because of the buoyancy of their performances, the heart-clutching moments in the final act don\u2019t feel belabored or excruciating, but rather earned and enlightened.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Bart\u2019s wisecracking besties, tertiary characters like his overextended, overly friendly landlord (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and his dachshund-loving new boss (Jim Rash) add further levity. Though the narrative contains quirky underpinnings, it never veers into twee territory \u2014 a major feat given the setup that Bart is coping with a mental illness and Vienna is from 30-plus years in the future. In lesser hands, these plot devices could pose issues. Yet Basilone dexterously balances and maintains their delicate tonal qualities throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the film\u2019s strengths, there are some weak spots. The story thread with Bart\u2019s ex who keeps calling out of concern is forgotten about. It hits a few repetitious beats, specifically in the two scenes showcasing the pair bonding in post-coital bliss. Those serve to endear the couple to the audience, but they briefly weigh down the momentum by padding the story. One playfully sweet scene would\u2019ve sufficed. While the archetypal roles in romantic comedies are portrayed fairly progressively, especially when it comes to who saves whom in the climax, and the characters continually, humorously reference \u201cBack to the Future Part II,\u201d their self-awareness only gets them so far. Bart and Vienna discuss the dreaded Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope, but the filmmaker himself isn\u2019t pressed to dismantle or dissect it. He instead embraces it, albeit to a lesser degree than most films of this persuasion.<\/p>\n<p>The soulful, comforting sentiments at the core of Basilone\u2019s feature are really what ring true. The messages \u2014 that we should embrace the daily gifts happiness affords us and, more importantly, roll with the sad moments as those too could spiral into something just as magical and lovely \u2014 are resoundingly romantic notions retrofitted for this genre hybrid. 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