Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past events, all gone wrong because of the bottle. But this bout looks like being his last...one way or the other.... (Full plot summary below)
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Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past events, all gone wrong because of the bottle. But this bout looks like being his last...one way or the other.
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| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumToday it's less impressive but not without its virtues. |
| Empire MagazineKim NewmanPainfully sincere and uncompromising look at alcoholism for a film released in 1945, with a superb central performance. |
| The NationJames AgeeWhile you watch it, it entirely holds you. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonAmerican cinema took a sudden, gritty turn with director Billy Wilder's terrifying The Lost Weekend. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsThis film masterfully addresses the pain of the alcoholic. |
| Movie HabitMarty MapesWilder was way ahead of his time on this one. |
| New York TimesBosley CrowtherA shatteringly realistic and morbidly fascinating film. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashToo much melodrama to be Wilder's best, but worth a look anyway. |
| The Age (Australia)Jim SchembriOne of cinema's earliest and best portraits of drug addiction. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceDry alkies and wet teetotalers perpetually out of balance, startlingly laid out by Wilder as a lonely metropolis' quivering nervous system |
