"WILL MAKE YOU FALL IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN" raves something called Virgin Media.
I didn't fall in love again, sadly, but my fear that Le Weekend might be chillingly sentimental also didn't pan out. I was warmed, and cooled evenly, by a deftly written piece on a 60's-ish couple reassessing their marriage over a weekend in Paris. The script is by Hanif Kureishi, who also authored My Beautiful Laundrette.
Even if Jim Broadbent's name doesn't register, his hang dog look will be familiar from blockbusters - Harry Potter and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - and smaller indies like Topsy Turvy (he plays Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan) and The Crying Game. An amazing film actor, Broadbent seems to act almost solely with his eyes and he's a joy to watch. His costar, Lindsay Duncan, is less well known in the US (HBO's Rome), but has also been working steadily for decades and is equal to Broadbent's game. Together they evoke that crazed mix of love and loathing that defines many long lived relationships. Add to that Jeff Goldblum's amusing rendition of a smarmy, successful American. It's not heaviosity, not Bergman's Scenes From A Marriage, but it is well written, funny and superbly acted.
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