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- 2016
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 40 m
- 2016
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo (Boyd Holbrook) is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris (Elizabeth Moss), a mysterious married woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.
- 2016
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 40 m
- 2016
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 40 m
The Free World
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Summary Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo (Boyd Holbrook) is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris (Elizabeth Moss), a mysterious married woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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11% Positive
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78% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
11% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
46
11% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
78% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
While there are some missteps in the story, there’s a lot to admire in The Free World, particularly in what is sure to be a breakout role for Holbrook.
The uneven drama remains reasonably engrossing thanks to affecting performances from Boyd Holbrook and Elisabeth Moss.
An initially compelling but uneven drama elevated by two centered performances.
Jason Lew's lost-soul drama The Free World offers a modest exploration of innocence and guilt, with occasional interludes of both violence and romance
The heavy-handed man-beast comparison is one of several grossly overstated themes in a movie that abruptly changes direction as it goes along while taking shortcuts that leave its characters underdeveloped and crucial plot elements barely fleshed out.
[A] well-meaning, well-acted but otherwise clumsily executed parable about second chances.
Despite actors who are clearly committed to the material, The Free World is an unfortunate misfire of banality.
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Production Company
Revelstoke Productions,
Untitled Entertainment
Release Date Sep 23, 2016
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Tagline Only love can truly set us free.
Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Deauville Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
