Nights and Weekends

Nights and Weekends is a 2008 American mumblecore film written, directed, co-produced by and starring Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig. The film follows a long-distance relationship and its aftermath.

The film premiered at South by Southwest, screened within such festivals as Maryland Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 10, 2008.

Plot
The film recounts a long-distance relationship between two people, one of whom lives in Chicago, the other in New York City. The first half of the film follows their relationship while the second half focuses on the dissolution and potential continuation of it, which occurs a year after the events of the first half of the film.

Cast

 * Alison Bagnall as Reporter
 * Elizabeth Donius as James' brother's wife
 * Jay Duplass as James' brother
 * Greta Gerwig as Mattie
 * Kent Osborne as Mattie's sister's boyfriend
 * Lynn Shelton as Mattie's sister
 * Ellen Stagg as Photographer
 * Joe Swanberg as James
 * Jesse Cilio as the Neighbor

Production
The second half of the film was shot a year after the first half, mirroring the timeline of the story.

Greta Gerwig revealed she didn't enjoy the nude love scene at all.

Critical reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 85% based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Accolades
Nights and Weekends producer Dia Sokol Savage was nominated for the Piaget Producers Award at the 25th Independent Spirit Awards.