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The Lost Weekend (1945)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 12/10

12/10: Can I hear a round of applause for the one of the most overrated Best Pictures of all time: The Lost Weekend?!?

What the hell were they thinking that time? The topic has been played so many times throughout the history of cinema that I'm convinced the role of an alcoholic is by far the easiest. All an actor has to do is to get drunk and bingo! An Oscar on a silver platter. It's exactly what happened to Ray Milland.

The Lost Weekend is a talky picture that paints an incomplete story of how Don Birnam got to this point. I don't know why I must care about him. Alcoholism is so damn common that it has been around since liquor was invented ten thousands of years ago.

It's a poorly written picture which is a surprise considering it was penned by Billy Wilder. He could've made it better. The ending is laughably bad and unrealistic. Don Birnam gets saved easily just like that! That old Hollywood crap is becoming too much for me.

All in all, The Lost Weekend is overrated.

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