The Lost Weekend

  • 1946


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Average Rating 4.1/5
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This is no picture to serve as sheer entertainment, for herein is what may well be termed the heresy of filmmaking.A picture of doubtful entertainment .. Variety
4.5
What makes the film so gripping is the brilliance with which Wilder uses John F Seitzs camerawork to range from an unvarnished portrait of New York br .. Time Out
5.0
Painfully sincere and uncompromising look at alcoholism for a film released in 1945, with a superb central performance.
2.0
It also received Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Sover
4.5
Though hailed in its time as a great advance in screen seriousness, this film just barely missed being shelved. Tv Guide
5.0
Billy Wilders celebrated adaptation of the Charles Jackson novel about an alcoholic (Ray Milland) going off the wagon on a frightening weekend binge. Chicago Reader
4.0
Review Our Score by Adrian Turner This ground breaking drama about an alcoholic writer trying to kick the bottle won Oscars for best film, direction ( .. Radio Times
4.5
Oscars Best Motion Picture 1945 unforgettable movie moment: Nighttime in a hospital drunk ward, when the DTs take over, and the terrified screams of a ..
2.0
The studio ad campaign stated: How daring can the screen dare to be Emanuellevy
5.0
Academy awards also went to the script, the direction and the movie itself. Guardian
4.4
Even viewed today, after so many harrowing films about addiction, The Lost Weekend retains much of its dramatic power, largely due to Millands uncompr .. Q Network
5.0
The combination of a powerful script, sensitive direction and a simply superlative performance by Ray Milland make this an unforgettable view of life ..
3.5
A naturalistic horror picture, it is a nightmarish look at the life of a specialized urban type: the fear paralyzed writer turned alcoholic. Time
4.0
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5.0
The film won Oscars for best film, director, screenplay and actor (for Milland). The Age
2.5
Its a potent statement piece (disregarding Dons unlikely sex appeal with the ladies), with a rousing (if unbelievable) ending, but its entertainment v ..
3.8
Billy Wilders movie about a weekend spent watching a hopeless alcoholic hit rock bottom still packs a wallop nearly sixty years after its release. Three Movie Buffs
5.0
The stark and terrifying study of a dipsomaniac which Charles R. Jackson wrote so vividly and truly in his novel, The Lost Weekend, has been brought t .. Ny Times
4.5
It went on to be a big commercial hit, and won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay. The Filmy Ap
4.5
But this isnt to say that the film doesnt have its flaws because it does. Solzy At The Movies
4.0
Bold, sobering, intelligently written and acted with great skill by Ray Milland. Film 4
5.0
Can it berescued by love alone or is it destined to smash into pieces on the concretebelow. Cinema Sight
4.4
Raymond doesnt speak a word of English, and since Ghost Dog doesnt speak French, their friendship relies on body language and vocal inflections rather .. Film Frenzy
5.0
The mouse and the bat and the nice young man who drinks, Billy Wilders tragicomic vortex of addiction.Psychos opening originates in the New York scan .. Cine Passion
4.4
Perhaps its overshadowed by Wilders more well known films like, and. From the Front Row
4.5
At best there is a purity of tone and an acuteness about a city and the people in it which belong high in the movies great classical strain of unforce .. The Nation
3.1
Millands DTs are visually frightening and unnerving, because of the odd score set to Theramin thats usually used for B space movies. Zap2it.com
4.5
The Lost Weekend (1945) is a serious, painful and uncompromising, frank look at alcohol addiction that follows almost five days (one lost weekend) in .. Film Site
4.0
John F. Seitz black and white cinematography is impeccable, and the film includes scenes shot in New York City alongside those shot at the Paramount s .. The Arts St L
4.5
Whether it makes money or not, The Lost Weekend points the way to a new and more honest movie artistry. Esquire Magazine
1.5
Line 6.0.6 Columbias adaptation hurtles briskly Line 6.0.7 over thO innuendoes of Line 6.0.8 ST ATE its plot, keieps its farce Line 6.0.9 at giggling .. Daily Telegraph (Australia ..
4.5
The Lost is a fascinating, horrifying, and quite honest picture of a few days in the life of a hopeless alcoholic. Daily Telegraph (Australia ..
3.0
Billy Wilders melodramatic masterwork,The Lost Weekend is given a worthy polish by Kino Lorber and is great addition to any cinephiles Blu ray library .. Edge Media Network
4.5
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5.0
Wilder has created a tense and suspenseful atmosphere that keeps the attention of the audience riveted on the screen throughout Birnams hegira into a .. Ny Dn Us



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