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The Long Weekend

2005 Canadian film

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The Long Weekend is a 2005 sex comedy film directed by Pat Holden and starring Chris Klein and Brendan Fehr alongside Chandra West. The film follows two brothers, Cooper (Klein) and Ed Waxman (Fehr), who participate in a weekend of debauchery.

01Plot

Cooper is an actor who sees life as one big party, while Ed is in advertising and takes life too seriously. When Ed gets stressed over a deadline he has to meet, Cooper works to get his brother hooked up with a girl, thus a long weekend of stress and beautiful women, culminating in Ed's meeting, and having sex with, the woman of his dreams - and all without his brother's meddling.

02Cast

03Release

Senator International handled international sales of The Long Weekend, which resulted in Universal Pictures acquiring the German theatrical rights to the film.

04Reception

Box office

In the United States, The Long Weekend had a limited release, opening in three theaters. It grossed $1,286 during the June 9-11 weekend.

The Long Weekend had its most successful run in Spain, where it grossed $399,620 in its opening weekend, ranking seventh at the box office during the August 5-7 weekend.

Critical response

Jim Kaz of IGN gave the film a negative review, criticizing the film's humor by stating that it "runs through the gamut of cheap tricks and corny slapstick bits." However, he praised Klein's lead performance. Peter Debruge of Variety gave a similar review, calling the film "off-color" and criticizing Fehr's performance as "mopey."

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