[1][2] It follows a woman named Beth (Leighton Meester), who travels to Croatia for a weekend getaway with her best friend Kate.

[7] London-based American new mother Beth flies to Croatia for a holiday with her best friend Kate.

Her husband Rob and the police are indifferent, but Zain, the taxi driver who drove them to the club, agrees to help.

It shows Kate getting robbed by the escorts, entering a taxi to follow them, and returning later in another car.

While looking for her car keys, she finds beads from a necklace she gave Kate in Rob's coat pocket.

He admits he flew to Croatia to stop Kate from revealing their affair, argued with her, and pushed her into the water before running off.

The Weekend Away was filmed in Split and the statue of Croatia's national poet, Marko Marulić, in Radic Brothers Square is shown during a pivotal scene.

The website's consensus reads: "The Weekend Away makes for a painless enough home viewing experience, but Leighton Meester's performance deserved a better film.

"[11] Dennis Harvey of Variety said, "For all its increasingly-expansive credibility gaps and other flaws, however, the movie does provide a slick, pacey diversion.