With their abysmal follow-up to last year's hit 'Free Guy,' director Shawn Levy and star Ryan Reynolds make another "original" film that draws from blockbuster sources.
The opening to this review rivals your (in?)famous opening to The Dissolve’s Birdman review, imo.
Out of curiosity, do you have any thoughts on Free Guy? The way you describe it here sounds more negative than I might have expected given the three stars I see you gave it on Letterboxd. I thought a lot of the promotional material was kinda awful, but then it seemed like people were mildly positive so I’ve never really known what to think
They're extremely similar movies, "original" films drawn from a host of references. But I think Free Guy is much more cleverly conceived and scripted, as shameless as it can be at times.
The opening to this review rivals your (in?)famous opening to The Dissolve’s Birdman review, imo.
Out of curiosity, do you have any thoughts on Free Guy? The way you describe it here sounds more negative than I might have expected given the three stars I see you gave it on Letterboxd. I thought a lot of the promotional material was kinda awful, but then it seemed like people were mildly positive so I’ve never really known what to think
They're extremely similar movies, "original" films drawn from a host of references. But I think Free Guy is much more cleverly conceived and scripted, as shameless as it can be at times.