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By Russell Holly (3) for CNET (54) on 08 Oct 2021

Five minutes after finishing Free Guy I found myself looking up showtimes to rewatch one of the best films of the summer…

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By David Fear (910) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 19 Aug 2021

Reynolds is like a puppy dog who moonlights as a male model, or maybe vice versa…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 16 Aug 2021

Levy, holding his nerve, does cut through the chaos, delivering a fable that, if not exactly coherent, is nonetheless tinged with the very…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for The Observer (UK) (826) on 14 Aug 2021

There are thematic parallels with everything from The Lego Movie to The Matrix, but key to its appeal is an unabashed sweetness and goofy enthusiasm…

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By Conor O'donnell (41) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 14 Aug 2021

The macro result of Free Guy is an innocuous, not-totally-unpleasant time-killer…

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By Scott Campbell (94) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 13 Aug 2021

Packed with wit, humor, action and plenty of heart, Free Guy might just be the best video game movie to ever come out of Hollywood…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 13 Aug 2021

Free Guy is a little like Ready Player One jumbled with The Truman Show, with some Sleeping Beauty and The Velveteen Rabbit mixed in…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for The Irish Times (483) on 13 Aug 2021

There is a fair degree of fun to be had before the script gets too caught up in its own mythology…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for ABC News (186) on 13 Aug 2021

Ryan Reynolds piles on the charm as a bland bank teller who discovers he’s just a pixelated extra in a violent video game…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 13 Aug 2021

Reynolds, as ever, seems both happy to be there and faintly self-mocking about his never-ending quest for validation…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 13 Aug 2021

The target audience — people who waste their lives playing video games — might be amused by a movie about devices designed for the sole…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 13 Aug 2021

Like its star, Ryan Reynolds — and maybe thanks to its star, Ryan Reynolds — the picture occasionally seems aware of its limitations…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 12 Aug 2021

The script by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn is hysterical, but director Shawn Levy must’ve sold his soul to the devil to secure this cast…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 12 Aug 2021

Sometimes Free Guy expands on its predecessors, just as often it doesn’t…

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By Maya Phillips (33) for The New York Times (9,847) on 12 Aug 2021

Free Guy has charm, but there’s not much memorable in the same old quest, same old boss fight, then game over…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 12 Aug 2021

Reynolds is a bit too glib and smug to buy as the romantic lead…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 11 Aug 2021

Intermittently witty, technically impressive, Free Guy sheds points in its second half, with pandering (Star Wars and Captain American references)…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 11 Aug 2021

Thanks in large part to the vibrant, funny, sweet, endearing work by Reynolds and Comer, Free Guy delivers…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 11 Aug 2021

Reynold’s charisma and some solid gags hold things together for a while but the movie ultimately comes up short despite its promising premise…

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By Helen O'hara (407) for Time Out (7,510) on 11 Aug 2021

The result is overlong and rarely groundbreaking – there are hints of The Truman Show, Edge of Tomorrow and, visually, Inception – and…

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