Synopsis
A single mom in the 1970s raises her two daughters and becomes involved in illegal drug trade to make a better life.
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Cast
- Anna PaquinChristina
- Cam GigandetRay
- Drea de MatteoSandy
- Liana LiberatoMJ
- Eddie PepitoneBK
- Brit MorganRain
- Daniella Garcia-LoridoZada
- Sabrina GennarinoGina
- Ava AcresShell
- Kyle T. HeffnerDuane
Recommendations
- 70
The New York Times
Free Ride offers an unsettling vision of a demimonde whose inhabitants live with the reality that there may be no tomorrow. - 50
Variety
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. - 50
Slant Magazine
Shana Betz's too-insistent refusal to commit to the melodramatic or to the suspenseful only makes the film seem like empty dramatization. - 50
Los Angeles Times
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. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The film's generosity toward Christina's decision-making is, however true to life, dramatically unsatisfying. - 40
Time Out
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. - 40
New York Daily News
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. - 30
Village Voice
The film is content to merely document certain happenings and hope you find them as interesting as it does.
