Free Guy - August 13th

When I first saw the trailer for this, I thought it looked silly and not interesting. It's grown on me with subsequent trailers, plus it's Ryan Reynolds so there's that.

Free Guy Early Reactions Praise Ryan Reynolds' Fun & Heartwarming Film
The first Free Guy movie reactions have begun rolling out and are calling the Ryan Reynolds-led adventure the surprise hit of the summer.
By Grant Hermanns Published Jul 22, 2021

The sci-fi action comedy centers on Guy, a non-player character in an open-world video game entitled Free City who yearns for a better life. Upon meeting Milly, one of the developers behind the game, Guy learns of his real existence and decides to become the hero of his story and team up with Milly to save the game before publisher Antoine can shut it down.

www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/free-guy

Yes, we are. By the time we finally saw Black Widow, there were only 4 other people in the entire theatre with us. We picked an off time to go see Free Guy and again, it was mostly empty. It's no different than going shopping or eating out.

My review of Free Guy: like FH said, the deeper themes they explored really made the movie. Waititi played an excellent villain, Keyes transparently adorable, Comer delightful, Lil Rel Howery was fantastic as Guy's best friend (and essential for plot and character development), and Reynolds perfection with his comedic chops. My favorite part was the climactic fight scene and the special cameo that made me cheer and clap (I won't spoil it). The ending was too predictable but cute. All in all, I'd give it 4 stars out of 5.