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'Le Week-End' is a slog through marital dysfunction

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'Le Week-End' stars Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan.

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Jim Broadbent (l.) and Lindsay Duncan (r.) star in Roger Michell鈥檚 'Le Week-End.'
  • By Peter Rainer Film critic

It sounded promising. Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan play a married English couple who venture to Paris to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. But 鈥淟e Week-End,鈥� directed by Roger Michell and written by Hanif Kureishi, is a long slog of marital dysfunction.

Both actors try gamely, Jeff Goldblum has a funny cameo as a monied expat, and there is much eating at fancy restaurants to whet the appetite. What鈥檚 missing is any fundamental reason to be watching these whiners. Grade: C- (Rated R for language and some sexual content.)

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