Long Weekend

When bart falls alseep at the cinema, the charming vienna wakes him and something clicks. They have so much fun together. There was some mystery to this movie that kept it interesting. But both main actors were great in their roles. It was a little sad but good hearted and altogether an good movie.

You know those movies that you can't stop talking about to your friends and if they watch it, it's glorious, and those who haven't seen it can't relate and are sick of hearing about it?

Thats how much I enjoyed the art direction, twists, and how you are 'involved' in wondering 'how it's going to happen', or maybe it isn't 😉, and the scales of wonder you slide through.

It's a feel good, relatable love story that appeals to our sense of wonder and it hits all the bases.

In fact it isn't really a comedy, more of a romantic movie with some humor sprinkled in. I like movies that use a unique approach and this one does. It isn't a great movie but it is entertaining enough.

My wife and I watched it at home on DVD from our public library. At the 27 minute mark she said spontaneously "This isn't a very good movie." Part of that was motivated by the filthy language the Wayans character used, and some of it in front of the small child. Poor script writing I suppose.

Then something dramatic happened about the 32 minute mark, something that changed the whole complexion of the man-woman relationship. Now we understood why she seems so vague and so unusual and why she carried thousands of dollars of cash in her purse.

Worth a look for anyone who an enjoy a movie that veers off into an unexpected direction.

A rom-com with a twist is how most people have described it. The two leads definitely make this movie with A plus chemistry. At times the writing is laugh out loud funny and sometimes it's a little dull. There are also a few moments that touch the heartstrings. I believe the screenwriter was influenced by the novel "Bid Time Return" which was the novel that "Somewhere in Time" was based on. I hope that doesn't give too much away. Overall it was an enjoyable movie experience. Like I said before Finn Wittrock and Zoe Chao are two underrated actors that really make this work. The ending however doesn't really make sense when you think about it, but still worth the watch.

It is not for me to judge others, but i cannot see how you can rate this film so low, it was a wonderful story and i found the relationship between the main characters, especially Zoe Chao who as "Vienna" was bubbly and funny and made the film fun to watch, although still taking on board the seriousness of " Bart" who she come across in the Film.

The story evolves with the secret that Vienna has ,that at some point during the film all is revealed. The problem for Bart is how he deals with it and how it effects him personally.

I guess the only issue for me was the expectation of if or when all will be revealed, but overall it is a good watch.