Free Ride
Phase 4 Films | Release Date: January 10, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJan 9, 2014
Free Ride offers an unsettling vision of a demimonde whose inhabitants live with the reality that there may be no tomorrow. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJan 9, 2014
The result, while sincere and nicely evoked, feels choppy, familiar and, despite the script's heavily stacked deck — and a few harrowing episodes — lacks sufficient momentum. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneJan 8, 2014
Shana Betz's too-insistent refusal to commit to the melodramatic or to the suspenseful only makes the film seem like empty dramatization. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie ScheibNov 12, 2013
The script’s autobiographical roots tend to substitute for a well-constructed dramatic throughline, giving the film an open-endedness that feels more dismissive than ambivalent. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJan 10, 2014
On the bright side, the charismatic Liberato is one to watch. And de Matteo (“The Sopranos”) brings a crucial jolt of assertive energy. Both seem to be in another, more exciting movie entirely. Read full review
40
Time OutChristina IzzoJan 8, 2014
It’s in these parent-free gaps that the film becomes less a vehicle for Paquin or helmer Betz (too benign to critically sketch her criminal mother), and more one for Liberato. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJan 7, 2014
The film's generosity toward Christina's decision-making is, however true to life, dramatically unsatisfying. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMichael NordineJan 7, 2014
The film is content to merely document certain happenings and hope you find them as interesting as it does. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithJan 10, 2014
It’s unspeakably depressing to see Anna Paquin playing the mom (of a teenager!), but the pointlessness and mediocrity of the Paquin-produced Free Ride is even more depressing. Read full review
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