PREVIEW: The Weekend Away (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Leighton Meester (The Roommate), Luke Norris (The Colour Room), Christina Wolfe (Angel of Decay), Ziad Bakri (Blind Son), Amar Bukvic (The Show Must Go On)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Kim Farrant (Strangerland), director; Sarah Alderson (film debut), writer; Charlie Morrison (Night Teeth), Ben Pugh (Outside the Wire) and Erica Steinberg (Death Proof), producers; Daniel Wohl (Elixir), composer; Noah Greenberg (Lizzie), cinematographer; Sophie Corra (Untogether), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Beth (Meester) is accused of murdering her best friend during a weekend getaway to Croatia, but when she attempts to clear her name and uncover the truth, she discovers a painful secret…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Playing as though Amanda Knox was also her own detective, this is an unpredictable thriller where there are no easy answers or difficult questions.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 3RD MARCH 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

California Schemin’ (dir. James McAvoy)

A pair of Scottish rappers pass themselves off as American to further their careers…

Father Mother Sister Brother (dir. Jim Jarmusch)

A triptych of family affairs from across the world…

The Drama (dir. Kristoffer Borgli)

A soon-to-be-wed couple deal with the aftermath of a shocking confession…

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (dirs. Aaron Hovarth and Michael Jelenic)

Mario travels beyond the Mushroom Kingdom for an intergalactic adventure…

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (dir. BenDavid Grabinski)

Two gangsters and their lover endure a difficult and dangerous night involving time-travel…

The Magic Faraway Tree (dir. Ben Gregor)

A family discovers a magical tree that transports them to wondrous new worlds…

Splitsville (dir. Michael Angelo Covino)

Two couples find themselves caught in more than a few compromising situations…

Pretty Lethal (dir. Vicky Jewson)

A troupe of ballerinas must fight to survive their stay at a strange inn…

They Will Kill You (dir. Kirill Sokolov)

A newly-arrived maid fights for survival in a mysterious high-rise…

Arco (dir. Ugo Bienvenu)

A young boy from the far future unexpectedly travels back in time…

Optimized by Optimole