The Longest Week
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| Directed by | Peter Glanz |
| Screenplay by | Peter Glanz |
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| Narrated by | Larry Pine |
| Cinematography | Ben Kutchins |
| Edited by | Sarah Flack |
| Music by | Jay Israelson |
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| Distributed by | Gravitas Ventures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.5 million |
| Box office | $49,490[1] |
The Longest Week is a 2014 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Glanz. The film stars Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde and Billy Crudup in the lead roles. It was produced by Uday Chopra, along with Neda Armian.[2] It is the first project of Yash Raj Film's subsidiary Hollywood production house YRF Entertainment.[3] The film received generally negative reviews from critics.
The film also marks the final film role of Tony Roberts, before his death in 2025.
Synopsis
[edit]Affluent and aimless, Conrad Valmont lives a life of leisure in his parents’ prestigious Manhattan hotel. In the span of one week, he finds himself evicted, disinherited, and in love.
Cast
[edit]- Jason Bateman as Conrad Valmont
- Olivia Wilde as Beatrice Fairbanks
- Billy Crudup as Dylan Tate
- Jenny Slate as Jocelyn
- Tony Roberts as Barry the Therapist
- Larry Pine as the Narrator
Production
[edit]"Glanz adapted The Longest Week from his own Cannes and Sundance short A Relationship In Four Days"[4] - Deadline Hollywood
"...borrows a page from the Woody Allen playbook: the Manhattan setting, the jazz playing in the background, the relationship foibles of wealthy New Yorkers. Glanz even cast Allen stalwart Tony Roberts..."[5] - The Plain Dealer
Reception
[edit]Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 10% of 20 critics have given the film a positive review, with an average rating of 3.8/10.[6] According to Metacritic, which assigned the film a weighted average score of 34 out of 100 based on nine critics, the film received "generally unfavorable reviews".[7]
Film critic Peter Sobczynski gave the film a negative review, stating "unless your hunger for watching dimly conceived comedy dramas focusing on obnoxious and over-privileged jerks Coming to Terms with Things was not sated with the recent Last Weekend, most viewers will spend most of the running time wishing that they had simply stayed home and watched that Saved by the Bell docudrama that you DVR'd but haven't quite summoned up the courage to watch as of yet".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Longest Week".
- ^ Neda Armian
- ^ "Yash Raj Films ventures into Hollywood". Hindustan Times. 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ Yamato, Jen (25 June 2014). "Gravitas Snags Jason Bateman-Olivia Wilde Comedy 'The Longest Week'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ O'Connor, Clint (4 September 2014). "'The Longest Week': Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde's 7-day fling (review)". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ "The Longest Week (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "The Longest Week Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ Sobczynski, Peter (5 September 2014). "The Longest Week Movie Review". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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