January 27, 2012
“Weekend,” Andrew Haigh’s astonishingly self-assured, unassumingly profound second feature, is just such a film. In its matter-of-fact, tightly focused observation of two young men who find their one-night stand growing into something more serious, the movie ranges over vast, often neglected regions of 21st-century life. It is about the paradoxes and puzzlements of gay identity in a post-identity-politics era, and also about the enduring mystery of sexual attraction and its consequences.

This film is on Netflix Instant. If you are looking for a film that successfully explores the horribleness of hook-up culture—gay or straight—do watch it.

Addendum!: And if you are the sort who mines through a dozen reviews before committing to a film, you will come across a few here or there complaining about the “mumbly dialogue” or the “slow pacing” of the film or the “unattractiveness” of the leads. Those are reviews written by people who probably think The Help should win Best Picture at the Oscars, so that’s something to consider.

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