The Weekend

My name is Bruce Davis. I am an African American Actor and I just want to say Thank you Stela for giving us something different in African American film. This is what I've been waiting for! Bravo!!! Thanks again

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.

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

Watching this movie feels uncomfortable. The characters don't seem to have a genuine connection to one another and the story lines of each character don't seem to be well developed on screen. Most scenes are very predictable and while viewers can accurately guess what's to come, it plays out in a way that is like watching green actors read a script in front of a camera, which is unfortunate because these are good actors who've produced good work in other shows and movies. It's a mix of over acting for what the scene calls for, unrealistic and underwhelming dialogue, and poor plot development.