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The Weekend Away (2022) poster

2022 · thriller · mystery

The Weekend Away

Directed by Kim Farrant1h 30m2022

When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.

Our read: The Weekend Away (2022) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive thriller · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / mystery, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb5.733kRT42%Metacritic51
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • cold
  • twisty
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DNA · twelve axes

How The Weekend Away feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You want a glossy Croatia mystery that keeps swapping what you think happened.”

ends bittersweetit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 8attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-updrug usegraphic violence

Skip it tonight — Skip if infidelity, roofies, and murder vibes are too heavy for late night.

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