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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezWhile Dirty Weekend may not quite live up to its title and is certainly his least tart effort to date, the film's milder flavor and less acidic aftertaste is mostly a pleasurable switchup.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMoviegoers may expect something sexier than what they get here, but Neil LaBute's focus on just-talk between Broderick and co-star Alice Eve, funny but never uproarious, provides its own modest rewards.
- Dirty Weekend is entertaining enough to spawn a Les-and-Natalie odd-couple sitcom, but it does come across as dated.
- 50The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloDon’t get too excited: Not only is there nothing especially dirty about Dirty Weekend, the latest and lamest film by erstwhile provocateur Neil LaBute, but the movie doesn’t even occupy an entire weekend.
- 40The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanIt’s a play shoehorned into a film. Sometimes that can work – LaBute’s managed it before – but it’s a steep hill to climb, and this one doesn’t quite make it.
- 38Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardEven if the title is meant to be ironic, the latest from writer-director Neil LaBute is a frustratingly stilted vision of middle-aged repression unleashed.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreA rather dull and talkative comedy about two mismatched colleagues trapped in Albuquerque for a day of true confessions and misbehavior.
- 12New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickIf you thought Matthew Broderick looked uncomfortable playing “himself” in “Trainwreck,” wait till you get a load of the actor portraying a married man who wonders if he’s gay in Neil LaBute’s mean-spirited comedy Dirty Weekend.