Weekender

Dir: Karl Golden

2011

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Karl Golden was interviewed in The Skinny magazine upon the release of his 2011 film Weekender. He began the interview by categorically stating that he wasn't a raver and indeed, never attended a rave. This is quite clear after watching the film. I don't think a director has to have experienced everything he or she directs in a film but I do believe they should know at least something about the subject. I question whether Karl Golden was actually awake during the 90's. I'm not going to be nasty or jump to conclusions but Weekender is a cliched and rather tired look at an era that is as unconvincing as it possibly could be. I'm sure there was a lot more to organizing a rave then shouting "Whey hey" and "Oi oi", emphasizing the word "wanker" at every opportunity and telling policemen to "Jog on". The clothes are wrong, the hair is completely wrong and I'm not sure they even got the music right. It's lazy and it's boring. It's the sort of film Film4 made in the early 00's that got it into so much trouble. It represents something that didn't really happen that way and isn't particularly interesting anyway. The friendships are unconvincing, the acting is abysmal and the story is colour by numbers rubbish. A waste of time and money.