Permission

Name: Permission
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: February 9, 2018
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Axel B. Crano, Bridget Everett, Dan Stevens, David Joseph Craig, François Arnaud

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Good Deed Entertainment | Release Date: February 9, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Axel B. Crano, Bridget Everett, Dan Stevens, David Joseph Craig, François Arnaud, Gina Gershon, Jason Sudeikis, Michelle Hurst, Raúl Castillo, Rebecca Hall

Summary: Anna (Rebecca Hall) and Will (Dan Stevens), were each other’s first every-things: first kiss, first love, first and only relationship. Now, 10 years in, at Anna’s 30th birthday party, as Will is about to propose, the couple’s best friend makes a drunken toast, suggesting that they should sleep around before their inevitable marriage. TheAnna (Rebecca Hall) and Will (Dan Stevens), were each other’s first every-things: first kiss, first love, first and only relationship. Now, 10 years in, at Anna’s 30th birthday party, as Will is about to propose, the couple’s best friend makes a drunken toast, suggesting that they should sleep around before their inevitable marriage. The joke lands like a lead balloon, but the thought lingers until Anna proposes that they try opening their relationship – as a sexual experiment. Together, they venture out of the purely monogamous boundaries of their relationship and, along the way, evolve.… Expand

Director: Brian Crano

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Kimber Myers

Feb 8, 2018

Permission asks difficult questions and doesn't offer easy answers. But while it deals with heavy relationship issues including the validity of monogamy, it manages an easy, seemingly effortless humor that seduces the audience while simultaneously breaking filmgoers' hearts. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Feb 9, 2018

Permission is a small story made with big performances from leads Stevens and Hall, and while it hasn’t gotten the promotional push for audiences to pay attention, people lucky enough to stumble across it will fall for everyone involved, and commit to keeping tabs on Crano’s career. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Feb 9, 2018

What is most unexpected about Permission is its sense of poignancy and tenderness. In its own way, it's quite heartbreaking. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Feb 5, 2018

Almost everything about Permission feels flighty and parochial when laid beside the fateful mire of “Loveless,” yet Hall, in particular, lends a sober grace to the erotic roundelay. Read full review

Andrew Crump

Feb 8, 2018

Even at their breeziest, Crano’s punchlines cost exorbitant amounts of discomfort. Read full review

Johanna Schneller

Feb 8, 2018

Ultimately, the film becomes a love letter to Hall, and that's what saves it. She's such a beautiful, prickly, intelligent, singular presence that you root for Anna, no matter how many questionable choices she and the film make. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Feb 6, 2018

Trafficking in familiar themes, Permission ultimately doesn't have anything very new to say about them. Read full review

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CoKronakan

Mar 17, 2019

This movie at first felt like a weird version of a soft porn with expanded plot. Obviously this was due to it's bad pacing and struggling to establish immersion with the characters and their problems. But after a while it picked up with itself and became fun and entertaining to watch. TheThis movie at first felt like a weird version of a soft porn with expanded plot. Obviously this was due to it's bad pacing and struggling to establish immersion with the characters and their problems. But after a while it picked up with itself and became fun and entertaining to watch. The character's where amazing and very well acted, except for a few emotional scenes.The directing style was average at best. And the plot was overall decent at best, but the twists where good, and made it more unpredictable for the viewers. It somehow evaded the cliche tag, because of it's dramatic ending and the real message it delivered witch was really original and a first for most of the general audience. The complete lack of music was really bad and a missed opportunity for greater immersion and depth for the characters, and dramatic effect. Overall it was a good movie which had a really genuine plot and interesting events with a lot of interesting and entertaining elements that where done good, but it certainly could have been better if the directing style was more creative in some ways and the humor wasn't as awkward as it was. Anyway the message of the movie is a strong and real one which was treated with seriousness.… Expand

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justwibi

Aug 19, 2018

not really bead. quite enjoyable.. but i don't know why the characters is always had an unpredictable decision with absolutely no reason.

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JLuis_001

Apr 8, 2020

Personally, I liked it, I've seen a lot of bad romantic comedies and this one it's slightly above the average.
The only thing that disappointed me is that even though its premise is an adult premise, the development and the characters don't treat it that way, which is a shame.
Perhaps thePersonally, I liked it, I've seen a lot of bad romantic comedies and this one it's slightly above the average.
The only thing that disappointed me is that even though its premise is an adult premise, the development and the characters don't treat it that way, which is a shame.

Perhaps the director believed that viewers wouldn't find it more attractive if he didn't give it that goofy touch of other several rom-coms.
On the bright side, it could've been worse but it manages to stay afloat to keep things amusing.… Expand

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