3-Day Weekend

Obviously, I didn't expect this to be a masterpiece and the low budget of a production even if it's quite visible never comes in the way when I form an opinion about any movie. This said, even though I was able to finish the whole thing in one sitting (quite rare for me) due to the short duration, I can't say I really enjoyed it much.

First, the story is quite ordinary, nothing much happens and the dialogue is not exactly scintillating. Still, that can be true for many other movies made with few resources so I don't hold that against the film. The biggest flaw in my opinion is the acting.

Except maybe for Chris Carlisle as the self-proclaimed geek Mac, Derek Meeker as Simon and Stephen Twardokus as Ace, none of the other actors felt even remotely comfortable in their roles. Their acting was amateurish to say the least and I could even sense their embarrassment trying to pull it off.

I also have to say that I would have switched a few of the roles around since several of them felt miscast but the one who really didn't fit his role was Daniel Rhyder as Andre the escort. Not to sound disrespectful but he is one of the least attractive man in the bunch and it was unbelievable to expect the viewers to imagine anyone paying his services, least of all the attractive Derek Meeker. In real life it would have been the other way around.

I'm not saying this film is completely awful but it's very generic and bland so a 4 star rating felt appropriate. If the story had a bit more meat to it (no pun intended) in terms of real drama it would have been better to entice us as viewers. But except for a few flashes of real profundity about aging in the gay culture, it remained lightweight fluff. In closing, I also have to mention that the soft erotica and nudity didn't add much of anything to the production.