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The Osterman Weekend

The one weekend of the year you won't want to miss.

1983 · 1h 43m · R Action, Drama, Thriller
Directed by Sam Peckinpah

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Overview

The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.

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42%
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I don't demand that all movies make sense. I sometimes enjoy movies that make no sense whatsoever, if that's their intention. But a thriller is supposed to hold together in some sort of logical way, isn't it?

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Some individual sequences -- including a car chase early in the film - have the lunatic humor that might have made the rest of the film bearable, though probably nothing would justify the film's final blood bath.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
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The structure is a mess (the film was recut against Peckinpah's wishes), which ultimately makes it difficult to tell whether its oddly compelling qualities are the result of a coherent artistic strategy or the cynical carelessness of a director sidelined.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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