Free Time is an indie cringe-comedy about Drew(Colin Burgess) a 20-something NYC hipster who quits his job on a whim.
Burgess struggles to carry the movie despite its brief run time. The combination of the script and his performance fail to coalesce into anything engaging. The character is bafflingly devoid of personality, is petulant, entitled, and grating while at the same time remaining stunningly opaque(other than his job struggles and the fact he's in a band we know nothing about him) which for a protagonist is a hurdle the movie doesn't acknowledge let alone surmount. The supporting cast has talent but overall there seems to be very little interest in character only in premise despite this being a slice-of-life type story. Holmes who plays Kim, Drew's roommate's girlfriend, is the only one that's particularly funny or feels like a recognizable human being.
The production is all competent, looks decent, costumes, soundtrack all effective. But the movie isn't clear on what its trying to say nor how it wants to say it. The result is a derivative mess. Drew is insufferable, the idea of someone just quitting their job especially in NYC because of some immature existential musing smacks more of teen angst than actual adult thinking, and the exploration of this idea offers nothing coherent let alone insightful. What rich person wrote this? The socio-economic reality of most people in the US provides a large barrier of entry to this white upper-middle class NYC thought experiment. There is no reality here, no actual dramatic weight, and the "comedy" is pretty much entirely derived from Drew being a capricious socially incompetent baby.
Clearly inspired by NYC hit shows High Maintenance and Broad City this fails in capturing either heart or humor.
Currently in theaters, coming soon to VOD.
Don't See It.
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