FINALLY, something clever and refreshing I could connect to! It's been a while. Le Week-End was the complete opposite of most love stories, which is why I loved it! The premise is a couple celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary by taking a second honeymoon to Paris. Their marriage is filled with disappointment, desperation, and misery held together by bits of joy here and there. I appreciate a realistic take on love and commitment and grow tired of the dreamy romantic falsities that prevail the movie screens. Le Week-End is a story that knows when to laugh, when to be heartbroken, when to be ridiculous, when to be cruel, and when to love. It thoroughly satisfied the cynic and realist in me, which is somewhat hard to do ;).
Lindsay Duncan, who plays wife Meg, and Jim Broadbent, who plays husband Nick are wonderful and amazing. I've loved Lindsay Duncan ever since I saw her in Mansfield Park and idolized her in Under the Tuscan Sun, and I was very moved by Jim Broadbent in Another Year. He has the ability to become genuine likable characters and makes it seem effortless. Not to mention, who else could play Bridget Jones's dad :)? Last but not least my man JEFF GOLDBLUM plays Morgan, an old college friend of Nick's who Meg and Nick run into on the streets of Paris. Morgan is ridiculous but charming while also being repulsive, so of course no one else could pull that off but Jeff Goldblum!
I was very impressed and enjoyed the highs and lows and in-betweens of two people spending so much of their lives together. I found it beautifully true.
