| The Weekend | |
| Director: | Stella Meghie |
| Screenplay: | Stella Meghie |
| Music: | Robi Botos |
| Cinematography: | Kris Belchevski |
| Editing: | Shannon Baker Davis |
| Distributor: | Lionsgate |
| Runtime: | 86 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Weekend is an American comedy film written and directed by Stella Meghie. It stars Sasheer Zamata, Tone Bell, DeWanda Wise, Y'lan Noel, and Kym Whitley. It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2018. Lionsgate released the film in theaters on September 13, 2019.
The Toronto International Film Festival described the film, "An acerbic comedian (Sasheer Zamata) becomes romantically entangled with her ex (Tone Bell), his new girlfriend (DeWanda Wise), and another guest (Y’Lan Noel) during a weekend getaway."[1]
In March 2018, Sasheer Zamata, Tone Bell, DeWanda Wise, Y'lan Noel and Kym Whitley had joined the cast of the film, with Stella Meghie directing from a screenplay she wrote. Meghie, Sarah Lazow, James Gibb, Stephanie Allain and Mel Jones produced the film under their Marada Pictures and Homegrown Pictures banners, respectively.[2]
It was released on September 13, 2019.[3]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes assigned the film an approval rating of, based on reviews assessed as positive or negative; the average rating among the reviews is . The site's critical consensus reads, "Led by a potentially star-making performance from Sasheer Zamata, The Weekend takes a well-acted, smartly written approach to familiar character dynamics."[4]