Last Weekend

Synopsis: When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Tom Dolby, Tom Williams
Production: IFC Films
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
32%
UNRATED
Year:
2014
94 min
$2,661
Website
21 Views


- Thank you.

- I'll take care of it.

- Talk to you later.

- Okay.

You should have called.

I...

Oh.

I didn't know

you had even landed.

Sorry.

I thought...

You're here.

Hi.

- You look beautiful.

- Thank you.

Why is your hair so sticky?

Oh.

You have to meet Luke.

Where is he?

Luke!

He's the boyfriend, right?

No, no.

He is not my boyfriend.

Okay, okay.

Just lover?

Nora?

Hello.

Celia, it's been so long.

Mwah.

Oh, oh.

- Mwah.

- Okay.

How continental we are

these days.

I guess that's how it is

in Hollywood.

Celia, this is Sean Oakes.

Hi. Great to meet you.

- Hello.

- Hi.

Hey, I-I'm Luke.

Oh, Mom, this is Luke Caswell.

Yes, I-I know.

I suppose I could say

I've heard so much about you,

except that I haven't

because Theo never

tells his parents anything.

I've been busy.

Thank you so much for having us.

The weather is perfect.

Yeah, you have

a really beautiful home here.

Yes.

Well, you all must be exhausted.

Do you get service here now?

I just need to check in

with my assistant.

No.

We still don't get cell service

on the property.

No one does in the bay.

Sometimes you can get

a text message.

Everyone thinks it's charming.

It's goddamn annoying.

You'll have to call from inside.

Come on.

Roger and Vanessa are bringing

all the food I ordered

from Ikeda's.

Hope they get here soon,

or we might have to start eating

our limbs like the Donner party.

Who wants iced tea?

Hey.

"Welcome to our cabin."

That's cute.

Is that what we're calling

Tahoe lake houses these days?

Theo, stop it.

I bought it from that lady

at the farmers' market

who sells local folk art.

"Made in China."

Well, why don't you show

everyone where they're sleeping?

Nora, you'll be

in the front guest room.

Theo, you and Luke

will be in your old room.

Whoa, why aren't we staying

in the guest house

or in the Stone Room?

Your brother and Vanessa

will be in the guest house.

I thought you'd want to be

in your old room.

Right.

I'm almost 30, and I want

to stay in my childhood bedroom.

It doesn't even have

a double bed.

Well, put the beds together.

Mm-mm.

No, we're sleeping

in the Stone Room.

Fine.

I don't care.

Put your friend...

What's her name, the actress?

Blake.

Put Blake and her guest

in your room,

though the Stone Room gets cold,

remember,

and I don't want you leaving

the electric heater on at night.

You'll burn the place down.

And that enormous car...

Is it going to stay

in the driveway?

Where did it come from?

Did you rent it?

What does it matter?

I just don't like you driving.

Mom, why do you care?

You have never been completely

comfortable behind the wheel,

and you live in New York.

No one ever drives in New York.

We're going up.

Come on.

I only want you to be safe.

Ah, and here we are,

the Stone Room.

- It's beautiful.

- Yeah.

I thought you said

that your mom was crazy.

She is crazy.

No, she's not.

Okay, most people

have trains of thought.

My mom has, like, 15,000 Post-it

notes flapping around.

She seems fun,

more fun than my family.

I mean...

Is that the guest house?

No, that is

where the caretaker lives.

That is the guest house.

It used to belong to this couple

from Nob Hill.

They drank a lot.

Ugh.

Hey, how come you don't live

in San Francisco?

Oh, my parents.

I love them, but it...

We just shouldn't spend

too much time

very close together, you know?

Yeah.

Is this your old room?

Yeah.

Oh.

It is so cute.

Guess so.

Oh, uh, don't...

don't touch those.

Sorry.

It's okay.

God damn it!

Don't you have to hit pound

at the end?

Babe, I just think that...

No.

You need to tell your parents

at some point.

It's not like

they won't find out.

Right, I should just walk

in the door and announce it.

Maybe this happened

for a reason.

Why does there have to be

a reason?

You said it yourself.

You hated working at Watkins.

It was a stupid,

dipshit mistake, okay?

Nothing more than that.

What happened?

- Nothing.

- Don't I get a hello?

Hi.

Vanessa, what happened?

I don't know.

I just...

He always takes everything

so personally.

I'll get the cart and help you

unload the car.

Thank you so much.

It's nice to see you.

Of course.

I brought you this just as,

you know, a thank-you

for having us and everything.

You don't need to do that.

You don't need to do anything.

We'll open this later.

Sure.

The produce looks...

wonderful.

- Doesn't it?

- Mm-hmm.

Oh, you brought us

some of your water.

Such a cute name...

FreshWater.

How are things going with that?

Great.

Um, we just introduced

two new flavors,

and we're going to be

in Whole Foods next month.

Yeah, I just...

you know,

I thought it would be fun.

I totally understand

if nobody wants any of it.

Don't be absurd.

Of course people will drink it.

It's water.

Go ahead and get yourself

settled in the guest house.

It looks like Roger

might need you.

And try to find out

what he's so upset about.

We brought you this.

Oh.

Oh, thank you.

This is perfect.

You know I hate getting things.

I mean, where would I put them?

This place is completely full.

I mean, this is wonderful...

preserves,

mandarin pumpkin butter.

Oh, ginger Asian pear.

We can eat this all up,

throw this away,

and it'll be

like it was never here.

- I'm so glad.

- Mm.

Whoo!

What in the world?

- Hey!

- Whoo!

That was great.

- Whoo!

- Whoo-hoo!

Oh!

What are you guys doing?

Dropping by?

I love it.

Nobody drops by anymore.

- Mwah.

- Mwah.

- It was nothing.

- We were in the neighborhood.

Oh, look at you two, swimming.

Oh, my God,

every time I come up here,

I think I'm gonna go in,

and then the whole time passes,

and I forget to do it.

This is...

- Ooh, that feels good.

- Whoo-hoo!

So are you going

to the "Save the Lake" benefit

on Sunday?

I think we have to.

Did you want to join my table?

Oh, we already have our tickets.

Veronika asked us

if we wanted to be her guests.

Bring this down.

That's great.

Both?

- Really?

- Mm.

Oh, did you hear that she's, um,

going to do more construction?

You're kidding me.

After everything that we went

through while she rebuilt that?

I thought you were gonna do

something more on your house.

Actually...

Malcolm and I, uh,

have talked about selling

and doing something simple.

- No.

- No.

Please don't tell anybody.

We're still not sure

if it's gonna happen.

- You're not.

- You can't.

I mean, we probably won't.

The kids should get the house

anyway.

I mean, God knows they don't

even appreciate it,

but maybe a younger family

would enjoy it more.

I wish I could be one of those

people who can just let go.

Sweetie, you can't let go

of anything.

Why not just keep the house

as an investment?

Ah, the market...

It seems decadent to own two...

vacation houses.

Celia Green.

What?

You have more money

than entire ZIP codes

in San Francisco.

You can afford

to keep both houses.

I know.

It's just...

You reach an age...

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Tom Dolby

Tom Dolby (born January 17, 1975) is an American filmmaker, producer, and novelist. Dolby was the writer and co-director of the feature film Last Weekend. He is the principal and founder of Water's End Productions, a Los Angeles-based production company that has produced several acclaimed films such as Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name and Ira Sachs’ Little Men. more…

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