54
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAselton 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.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenA smart seriocomic playlet with some emotionally harsh moments, although it refrains from plumbing its subject in agonizing depth.
- 70Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThis 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.
- 60VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyFrom 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.
- 40Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonNone of the dialogue, presumably arrived at through improvisation, is either funny or memorable.
- 40Time OutEric HynesTime OutEric HynesThe Freebie grimly reaffirms the status quo, concluding it's better to have no sex at all than to forsake the Ikea-furnished domestic dream.
- 40Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyBoxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyWith a premise better suited to comedy than drama, The Freebie is more somber and less stimulating than expected.
- 38New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoKatie Aselton has achieved the seemingly impossible. She's turned a movie about sex into a boring, talky snooze.