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Dirty Weekend

- Bella has decided to take out a few men.

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 : 1993-10-29

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company :

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Bella

Original Name : Lia Williams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tim

Original Name : Rufus Sewell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norman

Original Name : Michael Cule

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reggie

Original Name : David McCallum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Small One

Original Name : Christopher Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Quiet One

Original Name : Sean Pertwee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bitter One

Original Name : Nicholas Hewetson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Serial Killer

Original Name : Christopher Adamson

Gender : Male

Character Name : David

Original Name : Jack Galloway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bascombe

Original Name : Matthew Marsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nimrod

Original Name : Ian Richardson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles

Original Name : Shaughan Seymour

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Brown

Original Name : Mark Burns

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stan

Original Name : David Schaal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gun Shop Assistant

Original Name : Matthew Long

Gender : Male

Character Name : Repair Man

Original Name : Norman Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man In Train

Original Name : R.J. Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newsreader

Original Name : Andrew Neil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Man

Original Name : Neil Norman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marion

Original Name : Miriam Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Crosby

Original Name : Sylvia Syms

Gender : Female

Character Name : Secretary

Original Name : Lorraine Doyle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Girl

Original Name : Simone Hyams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mary

Original Name : Ruby Milton

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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 her 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