The Long Weekend

This article is about the 2005 film. For other uses, see Long Weekend (disambiguation).

The Long Weekend is a 2005 sex comedy film directed by Pat Holden and starring Chris Klein and Brendan Fehr alongside Chandra West. The film follows two brothers, Cooper (Klein) and Ed Waxman (Fehr), who participate in a weekend of debauchery.

The Long Weekend
Movie poster
Directed by	Pat Holden
Written by	Tad Safran
Produced by	Shawn Williamson Paul Brooks
Starring	Chris Klein Brendan Fehr Chandra West
Production company	Brightlight Pictures
Distributed by	Lionsgate Gold Circle Films
Release dates	5 August 2005 (2005-08-05) (Spain) 4 August 2006 (2006-08-04) (Canada)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	Canada United Kingdom[1]
Language	English
Budget	$1.2 million[2]
Box office	$3.5 million[3]

Plot

Cooper is an actor who sees life as one big party, while Ed is in advertising and takes life too seriously. When Ed gets stressed over a deadline he has to meet, Cooper works to get his brother hooked up with a girl, thus a long weekend of stress and beautiful women, culminating in Ed's meeting, and making love to, the woman of his dreams - and all without his brother's meddling.

Cast

• Chris Klein as Cooper Waxman
• Brendan Fehr as Ed Waxman
• Chandra West as Kim
• Craig Fairbrass as Frank
• Paul Campbell as Roger
• Cobie Smulders as Ellen
• Chelan Simmons as Susie
• Andy Thompson as Officer Garcia
• Evangeline Lilly as Simone

Release

Senator International handled international sales of The Long Weekend, which resulted in Universal Pictures acquiring the German theatrical rights to the film.^[4][5]

Reception

Box office

In the United States, The Long Weekend had a limited release, opening in three theaters. It grossed $1,286 during the June 9–11 weekend.^[6]

The Long Weekend had its most successful run in Spain, where it grossed $399,620 in its opening weekend, ranking seventh at the box office during the August 5–7 weekend.^[7]

Critical response

Jim Kaz of IGN gave the film a negative review, criticizing the film's humor by stating that it "runs through the gamut of cheap tricks and corny slapstick bits." However, he praised Klein's lead performance.^[8] Peter Debruge of Variety gave a similar review, calling the film "off-color" and criticizing Fehr's performance as "mopey."^[9]