Nonureva Really Surprised!

Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

ratari I've always liked the three main characters, Bateman, Wilde and Crudup. This is like a Doris Day style comedy with the feel of a more sophisticated script and style, ala Woody Allen. Even has a slightly more serious message than earlier Romantic comedies. Not a bad ride, as far as romantic comedies go. I would recommend it for it's interesting quirks and dialogue.

Peter Pluymers "Sometimes you're your own worst enemy." For Conrad this was apparently the longest and most painful week. For me this was the longest and most painful movie experience. Anyway I have a strong dislike for a voice-over that begins with "This is ..." followed by the name of the main character. This is usually already a bad omen. You can almost compare it with the voice-over that starts with "My name is ..." followed by the name of the main character (with a few exceptions such as "Forrest Gump"). But lets return to "The Longest Week". They've taken their time to release this romantic comedy (although I haven't discovered much humor). Apparently it was already completed in 2012. Was it doubt that made them forget about it ? Or were the reactions of the test audiences so disastrous? However, if you want to see how a spoiled rich son in his thirties is thrown out of his comfort zone without money or continuous attention for his egocentric personality, after that relying on a friend to get through this horrible time and falling in love with a handsome model, then you should definitely take a look. Don't forget to lay down a cozy cushion near you, because this is just about the slowest film I've ever seen with content so meaningless, that I hand over an award to myself for unparalleled endurance.Visually it all was quite beautiful to watch. Stylized, detailed and artistically (the series of images, the jazzy music, the clothing and furniture). It also had a little tendency to be pretentious. Well that suits the main character Conrad : a pretentious snob who's being pampered all his life by the staff of The Valmont Hotel. A narcissist who has never proved anything and will never have the need to prove himself. Someone who was born so privileged that he can't imagine what it's like to care for himself in real life without everything being handed on a silver platter. Maybe that's why I already hated this pretentious layabout and would-be author after 10 minutes. The fact that his future novel (in the line of Fitzgerald) wasn't yet completed, I attribute solely to his lifestyle. That some life lessons are the cause of an acceleration in his writing process, was pure fiction, in my opinion.Read other reviews and the name Woody Allen comes up often. Despite the reputation and the huge share of followers this filmmaker has, I've never been a fan of his creations. They each seem like complex, highly intellectual comedies. I always had the impression that the humor of Woody Allen's films was hidden in the syntactic errors that the main players made cunningly, because I never really thought it was funny. I know that those who link this movie with Woody Allen didn't think of this fact particularly, but for me this is the most plausible link, because real humor I haven't found in "The Longest Week" either. There was one particular moment for me that seemed comical. When Jenny Slate (I really have to watch "Obvious Child") gives her opinion about a play they've attended, and by that lays her finger on the sensitive points.I understand the satirical meaning of this film and the exaggeration of Conrad's pretension, but couldn't honestly empathize with the complete story (in analogy with Slate). It's like the descriptions used for Dylan Tate, Conrad's best friend : Dylan is "an anti-social socialist", "a closet conversationalist" and "a clinical neurotic". A series of expensive, intellectual words that sound complicated, but ultimately mean nothing. Similarly, the snobbish conversations with much ado. I was always wondering which individuals would converse in such a way with each other and at the same time know what it's about. Even the notorious love triangle they came up with, felt artificial. As artificial as the eyelashes of Beatrice (Olivia Wilde). They reminded me of the plastic doll my sisters played with 40 years ago. It had the same flashing eyes with lashes so big that you could protect yourself against the burning sun in summer. Pretentious, not? More reviews here : http://bit.ly/1KIdQMT

Counthaku "The girls that I like as human beings I'm not sexually attracted to, and the ones that I am sexually attracted to I don't particularly like as human beings." Such is the type of quote that characterizes the dialogue of "The Longest Week," a movie I watched without ever having read anything about (which is pretty rare for me). Despite (or perhaps because of) that fact, I was pleasantly surprised by "The Longest Week," and found its running narration- complete with character descriptions such as "an anti-social socialist" and "closet conversationalist"- bantery dialogue between the two male leads, and overall visual style to be endearing rather than simply derivative as its critics classify it.I also enjoyed the film's flirtations with being "meta"- the novel published by the film's protagonist is actually the same story as the film, and references are made to Fitzgerald and Wharton.That being said, the film assuredly has its weaknesses- namely that we never feel fully connected to the romantic leads, and are thus unable to empathize with them, and that the narrative structure/arc doesn't quite feel fleshed out/complete enough.

phd_travel The story about a wealthy hotel heir (Bateman) who is suddenly cut off then moves in with his best friend (Crudup) and falls for the friends girlfriend (Wilde). There are some good points a few light laughs and some nice music both jazz and classical. Woody Allen comes to mind. The narration is interesting too. Quite absorbing to see filming in Brooklyn as opposed to Manhattan. But the story isn't good enough. After getting you to feel for the romance between the two leads (Bateman and Wilde), then when things don't work out it feels like it was all for nothing. A connection between Crudup and Wilde's character isn't built up. There is no feel good ending which a light hearted comedy like this should have had. The only satisfying thing is he got his money back. There could have been a bit more depth and insight to the characters.The cast is a bit older looking than they should be for the characters. Jason Bateman doesn't quite have the rich guy thing down that convincingly. Billy Crudup is a bit haggard looking here. Olivia Wilde isn't as thin as she was before so doesn't quite fit the rail thin model look of today that her character requires. Her face is striking enough to be a model though.Overall not a must see - only if you are a fan of one of the stars.