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Dirty Weekend

Bella has decided to take out a few men.
1993 | 102m | English

(760 votes)

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Director: Michael Winner
Writer: Michael Winner
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Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Finally driven to solving the problem with a hammer, she realises she is then ready for a crusade against other such problem males
Release Date: Oct 29, 1993
Director: Michael Winner
Writer: Michael Winner
Genres: Drama, Thriller
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Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Aug 03, 2024
Entered: Apr 26, 2024
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Name Character
Lia Williams Bella
Rufus Sewell Tim
Michael Cule Norman
David McCallum Reggie
Christopher Ryan Small One
Sean Pertwee The Quiet One
Nicholas Hewetson Bitter One
Christopher Adamson Serial Killer
Jack Galloway David
Matthew Marsh Bascombe
Ian Richardson Nimrod
Shaughan Seymour Charles
Mark Burns Mr. Brown
David Schaal Stan
Matthew Long Gun Shop Assistant
Norman Mitchell Repair Man
R.J. Bell Man In Train
Andrew Neil Newsreader
Neil Norman Party Man
Miriam Kelly Marion
Sylvia Syms Mrs. Crosby
Lorraine Doyle Secretary
Simone Hyams Party Girl
Ruby Milton Mary
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Michael Winner Writer, Director
David Fanshawe Original Music Composer
Alan Jones Director of Photography
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John Chard
5.0

Women are from Venus, men are from, erm, the sewer. It's difficult to know if Dirty Weekend finds Michael Winner taking the rise out the urine, or if he genuinely feels he had something to say? And what of Helen Zahavi, author of the novel and in charge of the adaptation to screen here? What's he ... r story - motivations et al? It's quite possibly that Helen and Michael at their respective humane cores were a match made in cinematic heaven, but how come Dirty Weekend just feels dirty, lazy dirty at that, a sort of shock for shocks sake as Zahavi gets to curry favour with the feminist movement and Winner gets to be seedy, with murder death kill and the grotesque thrown in for good measure. Plot, for what it's worth, has dowdy Bella (Lia Williams) suddenly turn into a sexual vamp over night with a blood lust for offing all men who dare to leer and pester. In Brighton, the place of rock, candy floss and degenerate male members of the human race. It would have been easy to root for Bella had she at the very least had acquaintances or drinks with some normal men, but it's hard to take seriously a film where every single bloke she meets is either troubled mentally, a sexually deviant, has a penchant for serial killing and etc etc. Even her best friend's husband is a milquetoast who probably should have been on Bella's hit list as well! Winner achieved everything he hoped for with Dirty Weekend, the critics frothed at the mouth, the British censors sharpened their scissors, and crucially the film became a holy grail of uncut home formats for the intrigued and degenerates. It undeniably was shocking back on release, I mean when the broad sheet newspapers of Blighty are dissecting it frame by frame you know it's a fire-cracker piece of cinema. Rufus Sewell can be forgiven as this is right at the start of his career (he is edgy, nutty and Anthony Perkins like), same for British legend Sean Pertwee, but what is David McCallum's excuse, Ian Richardson also? That Lia Williams is bold and cheeky with her performance saves the film from stinker hell, it's great to note that she carved out a strong career in British TV and still works today. Hard to recommend and guaranteed to make you angry, but fair play to Winner, boy did he know how to punch buttons! 5/10

May 16, 2024