The Weekend

There comedy was well written and crafty. The acting was definitely on par. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Stand-up comedian Zadie (Sasheer Zamata) travels to her parents rural Bed & Breakfast where her ex-boyfriend Bradford (Tone Bell) will be there with his girlfriend of two years Margo (DeWanda Wise). They'll be joined by a guest at the hotel Aubrey (Y'lan Noel), who has just learned his long time live-in partner has broken up with him.

Thus, the movie, written and directed by Stella Meghie, will focus on the interpersonal relations between the guests over one weekend. Unfortunately, I just found the dialogue here to be awkward, strained, and, at times, mean-spirited and I was not able to connect with most of the characters.

Overall, the actors here all have good screen presence and I liked the eclectic soundtrack, but, for me, it was just not very entertaining.

I like the movie, but the main character is a bit much at times. She is going for the awkward black girl thing but over does it. Borderline rude and childish.

Nothing groundbreaking but enjoyable to watch. I did love though that the main actress was heavily melanated and had natural hair. The fact that two gorgeous Black men were vying for her attention was wonderful as well. We don't see that in movies too often.

The leading actress indeed light up this story. She's funny but in a very natural way, one of the few can do that.