Movie Review for Lost Weekend, The

Summary: Don Birman is a struggling writer who waters down his writer's block with booze. He shares an apartment with his more responsible brother Nick, who is about to go on a weekend vacation. Nick is worried about leaving Don alone, but Don assures him he will be fine and will use the time alone to write. However, he is not fooling even himself, and plans to go on a bender. After drinking all the alcohol in the house, Don goes to a bar, and while his creativity seems to flow, things go from bad to worse.

                         Reviews of Lost Weekend, The
By Brian Webster of Apollo Guide (7/0)
            A nearly flawless dramatic examination of a difficult topic.

By Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader (7/0)
            Today it's less impressive but not without its virtues.

By Emanuel Levy of EmanuelLevy.Com (8/0)
            The changes made in adapting the book to the big screen are instructive: In the novel, Ray Millan...

By Marty Mapes of Movie Habit (7/0)
            Wilder was way ahead of his time on this one.

By Dennis Schwartz of Ozus' World Movie Reviews (7/0)
            It still makes one of the strongest statements about alcoholism, though time has taken away some ...

By Tim Dirks of Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films (7/0)
            The Lost Weekend (1945) is a serious, painful and uncompromising, frank look at alcohol addiction...

                         Reviews of Lost Weekend, The
By Urban Cinefile Critics of Urban Cinefile (7/0)
             This film masterfully addresses the pain of the alcoholic.

By Michael Szymanski of Zap2it.com (7/0)
            Milland's DTs are visually frightening and unnerving, because of the odd score set to Theramin th...

By Bosley Crowther of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
            A shatteringly realistic and morbidly fascinating film.

By MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher (3/4) No reference
            American cinema took a sudden, gritty turn with director Billy Wilder's terrifying The Lost Weeke...

By Matt Easterbrook of Matt's Movie Reviews (3/4) No reference
            More realistic than sentimentalized Hollywood crowd-pleasers like Harvey, and more accessible tha...

By Wesley Lovell of Oscar Guy (6/1) No reference
            A stirring portrait of the horrors of alcohol addiction.

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