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Couples Weekend

2026 · 96 min

A talky, snowbound weekend where awkward laughs and raw confessions slowly strip away polite facades.

Directed by
Nora Kirkpatrick
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Overview
What happens when a tree falls in the woods and someone does hear it? Two couples are forced to deal with such a question — and their lives in general — when a New Year's Eve trip to the woods unearths simmering feelings and the secrets they carry threaten to break their seemingly perfect relationships.

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Directed by
Nora Kirkpatrick
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • love
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • single country house
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Nora Kirkpatrick
Written by
Nora Kirkpatrick
Starring
Alexandra Daddario, Daveed Diggs, Josh Gad, Ashley Park, Kevin Pollak, DeMorge Brown, Jen Tullock, Blake Berris
Music
Mitchell Yoshida
Cinematography
Jeff Leeds Cohn
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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