Spa Weekend

Jeff’s take

Initially I had learned a lot about this movie just from watching the trailer. I knew its premise was something along the line of women who need a break from something, (I assumed this would have been husbands and/or children,) which initially prompted the getaway where the women would have been turned on by some of the male masseuses leading to them having an affair. This seemed like the obvious storyline for this type of movie. To a point, I was kind of right as a couple of the women had kids that they needed a break from. However, this was not the entire premise of the movie as it turns out that the villain could have been one of the four women and that she would have been the villain unintentionally and unwillingly. This is what actually happened in this movie. Once this was established, the rest of the movie was very predictable as I knew that it would be the woman's crazy and wild antics that eventually would stop their getaway. As expected, this would have led to the women getting mad at her and blaming her for ruining their getaway after they are kicked out. However, something else I saw a mile away was that the woman in the movie wasn't as rich as she tried prove herself to be and that she was only doing it to fit in out of insecurity and a desire for acceptance. This is a common trope in most movies I've seen but I've also seen this happen to people around me in real life. Those who want to be accepted and not ridiculed despite knowing that aren't as financially or socially secure as those around them will put on an act and pretend to be rich and better than everybody else to hide the fact that they are in desperate need of help themselves. I see this type of thing all the time so therefore, the storyline was very predictable for this movie. Now normally if a movie's premise is predictable, it will result in the final score of that movie being a failure as it is deemed a waste of time to watch. Having said that, I admired the antics of the woman in this movie and she is actually one of my favorite characters. I also admire her English accent.

Another thing I admire is the casting of an actress from when I was a child. I'm now 36 years old at the time of writing this and I feel like the 90's actors and actresses who were commonly cast when I was a kid have stopped being cast, (for obvious reasons as they are likely retired.) However, every so often, one of them might come up and this was the case for this movie. I appreciated that the woman from "George Of The Jungle" was cast in this movie. In fact, she was what inspired me to see this movie.

Despite this movie being predictable, there's too many good points for it to fail. Therefore, I highly recommend this movie!