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The Weekend Away

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A blissful break from reality in Croatia turns into a nightmare when Beth is accused of killing her best friend Kate. A frantic search for the truth in a foreign country reveals painful secrets closer to home and Beth pieces together blurred memories of the night before. Thriller starring Leighton Meester, Christina Wolfe and Ziad Bakri.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Kevin Harley

A committed performance from Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester isn't quite enough to distract from this glossy murder mystery's under-nourished plotting. Meester plays Beth, a new mother whose marriage to Rob (Luke Norris) has hit a "rough patch". A weekend getaway in Croatia with her loose-cannon pal Kate (Christina Wolfe) promises relief, until Kate disappears after a drunken night, forcing Beth to play amateur detective. Meester is persuasively fraught as Beth, and she has likeable back-up from Ziad Bakri as a helpful cab driver. However, every other character is either cipher or suspect, and Sarah Alderson's script - adapted from her novel - stacks up red herrings and shock twists without putting in the narrative spadework needed to make the surprises convince. As Kim Farrant's direction favours sun-baked locations over suspense or pacing, the result is a picture-postcard potboiler that gets dafter and drearier at every turn.

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rolenameBethLeighton MeesterKateChristina WolfeZainZiad BakriRobLuke NorrisPavicAmar Bukvic

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rolenameDirectorKim Farrant

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Released on

2022-03-03

Languages

English | Croatian

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