Now, at the cinema, there is a film that will pull at your heartstrings. It is funny, emotional, sensitive, heartwarming, and best of all, very, very good.
The movie is called Weekend.
Tom Cullen plays Russell. He is alone and seems lonely as he gets ready to go to a house party to meet up with his friends. He drinks and smokes weed with them, but eventually tells them he is tired and wants to go home. But he doesn't go home. Instead he goes to a club in the city centre. After a few more drinks, he plucks up the courage to talk to a guy. The guy's name is Glen, and they decide to go back to Russell's place. The weekend (and romance) begins.
Russell and Glen spend most of the weekend together. They talk, they make love, they talk some more. As the weekend goes by, they get to know each other's hearts and minds. One of the most poignant scenes in the film is where Glen asks Russell to come out to him as if he were Russell's father.
As they spend more of the weekend together, Russell starts falling for Glen. However, Glen has had bad experiences with boyfriends, and definitely does not want one now. Plus, he is leaving town in a couple days to go to school in Oregon. But Russell is finding himself falling in love, and Glen is trying harder not to fall in love with Russell. But is he? Russell has always been a private person, even to his straight friends. But in meeting Glen, he changes, is more confident, and more comfortable with who he is. But what happens when the weekend is over?
Tom Cullen gives an extremely sensitive performance as Russell. His eyes say it all, that he is slowly falling in love with Glen. Chris New as Glen is also very good, but Cullen steals the movie. You won't forget his performance, especially in the last scenes in the film. Kudos go to Director and Writer Andrew Haigh for turning what could've been a hard-to-believe film into something we can all relate to, something all of us have experienced in some way or another.
Put this film on your must-see list!
Tim Baros
Tim Baros has worked in the derivatives industry for several large financial institutions in both the U.S. and the U.K. Tim moved from New York City to London in 2003 to take advantage of the many job opportunities that London had to offer at that time, and he has since become a British citizen. Tim enjoys writing, and has also had articles published in Touch London, Pride Life, CityAM and SquareMile.com.
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