The Freebie
Phase 4 Films | Release Date: September 17, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 28, 2010
Aselton gets a lot said in 78 minutes. I think the main thing she says is something never overtly spoken, that life is essentially a lonely experience - even when we're surrounded by activity, and even if we never shut up. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
A smart seriocomic playlet with some emotionally harsh moments, although it refrains from plumbing its subject in agonizing depth. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
This engaging, nicely observed look at a 30ish L.A. couple who allow each other a one-night stand to help reheat their 7-year-old marital bed moves quickly and simply. Read full review
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
From a performance p.o.v., Aselton and Shepard hold the screen well and are most watchable, and Aselton does a fluid directing job within the limited challenge she set for herself production-wise. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthy
With a premise better suited to comedy than drama, The Freebie is more somber and less stimulating than expected. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
None of the dialogue, presumably arrived at through improvisation, is either funny or memorable. Read full review
40
Time OutEric Hynes
The Freebie grimly reaffirms the status quo, concluding it's better to have no sex at all than to forsake the Ikea-furnished domestic dream. Read full review
38
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Katie Aselton has achieved the seemingly impossible. She's turned a movie about sex into a boring, talky snooze. Read full review
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