Free Guy

    Free Guy
    2021

    Synopsis

    A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late.

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    Cast

    • Ryan ReynoldsGuy
    • Jodie ComerMillie Rusk / Molotovgirl
    • Joe KeeryWalter 'Keys' McKeys
    • Lil Rel HoweryBuddy
    • Utkarsh AmbudkarMouser
    • Taika WaititiAntwan Hovachelik
    • Channing TatumRevenjamin Buttons
    • Aaron W ReedDude
    • Britne OldfordBarista
    • Camille KostekBombshell

    Recommendations

    • 75

      TheWrap

      Less inventive that it gives itself credit for, Free Guy qualifies as a summer blockbuster with something mildly compelling to say; not the most articulate or substantial in its exploration of its most interesting ideas, to be sure, but enjoyable nonetheless
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      In a genre where winky self-awareness has become standard-issue, Free might have come off as manic and hollow; instead, it has fun having a heart.
    • 75

      The Playlist

      This epic, crowd-pleasing adventure, one of the funniest movies of the year, needn’t be as good as “The Truman Show” or “Wreck-it-Ralph” to be entertaining. It just needs to emotionally feel real, as real as Guy feels himself to be. In that regard, “Free Guy” is a winner.
    • 75

      Consequence

      But there’s something surprising about its approach to both blockbuster filmmaking and Ryan Reynolds star vehicles. It’s at once a Deadpool riff and the absolute opposite, a violent video game movie that’s about how fighting isn’t actually the answer. And what’s more, it commits to those lofty aspirations, couching a sweet little love story in the CG-addled mayhem of a Ryan Reynolds action-adventure flick.
    • 70

      IGN

      Free Guy delivers a first hour that is outrageously entertaining, stuffed with gonzo action, goofy gags, star power, big ideas, and plenty of Easter Eggs for lovers of movies and video games. However, in its second half, the joyful journey is derailed by a slog of a side quest, falling short of the potential set-up.
    • 63

      Movie Nation

      Whatever its loftier existential ambitions, Free Guy is never much more than big screen eye candy with Reynolds’ grinning deadpan anchoring it with his amusing over and under reactions to all that befalls Guy. And if you love Reynolds — And seriously, who doesn’t? — that’s enough.
    • 60

      The Guardian

      Free Guy isn’t going to have many MA theses written about it, but it has entertainment value.
    • 60

      Arizona Republic

      If Free Guy really was a video game, it’s not one you’d play over and over. But as a one-time lark, it’s entertaining enough to invest in.

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