Synopsis
A woman on the brink of a marriage proposal is told by a friend that she should date other men before spending the rest of her life with her boyfriend.
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Cast
- Rebecca HallAnna
- Dan StevensWill
- Gina GershonLydia
- Jason SudeikisGlenn
- François ArnaudDane
- David Joseph CraigHale
- Sarah SteeleStevie
- Morgan SpectorReece
- Raúl CastilloHeron
- Michelle HurstDr. Bennett
Recommendations
- 90
Los Angeles Times
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. - 75
The Playlist
Despite a slightly silly premise and a script that plays it fast and loose with increasingly ridiculous scenarios, director Brian Crano‘s sincere and funny Permission manages to charm and impress thanks to the largely committed and above-average cast of Rebecca Hall and Dan Stevens. - 70
The New Yorker
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. - 70
The New York Times
If unwise remarks at a dinner can cast a pall over a longstanding relationship, then a great ending can redeem and even force reconsideration of an otherwise middling film. - 70
Arizona Republic
Every now and then you run across a film in which a really talented cast takes a crack at a well-worn genre entry. For the most part, that’s what Permission is, though writer and director Brian Crano tosses in a couple of wrinkles. - 69
Paste Magazine
Even at their breeziest, Crano’s punchlines cost exorbitant amounts of discomfort. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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. - 50
Slant Magazine
Brian Crano is as skittish as his protagonists are about the particular contours of their dilemma. To put it bluntly, Permission is a sex film without the sex.
