The Free World

Enjoyed the movie , the actors are brilliant . The story touches your heart and hurts with the ending that restores hope . Would love to see more from this director .

I don't get these high ratings. Who would walk into work and find a woman out of her mind and covered in blood then throw her over your shoulder and being her home and hide her from the police? Even if your an ex con it's absurd..nothing good can come of it, not even a piece of azz. Lol. When they eventually do get caught he will be suspected of helping her kill her husband. They are sleeping together. It's just ridiculous. And making the main character a Muslim the writer/director want us all to know that all Muslims aren't bad. Yeah we know this. But just in case they didn't know a Muslim would not work with dogs. Dogs are nagis (impure) just like pigs are. And what he said about confession is just absurd. Not all Christians confess to others, it can help, but they only have to confess to God, like Muslims Allah. I'm an agnostic skeptic but I have studied religions. Muslims ask for forgiveness in there daily prayers. And it just dragged and the absurd decisions never ended. And all the police were immoral and dirty who persecuted him constantly. So unrealistic. Also if the man was a Christian it would be labeled a Christian film but since it's a Muslim it's revalatory and meaningful. I couldn't even finish it. Skip it unless you wanted to be frustrated and your a masochist.

First off all, I can't believe this low rating. Moss and Holbrook play their roles perfectly as two people who've been through the worse of it. I can't be sure, but it seems like the director allowed the actors the freedom to play off each other which created plenty of natural, raw moments. The camera work was wonderful; particularly, there's a scene with Holbrook on a bus and we just watch him and his expressions and it's a very telling moment that's captured seamlessly. We do feel for the characters even though their relationship can feel rushed at times. Overall, this is one of my favorite movies. I highly recommend it; the performances are ones to remember.

Starts with promise but quickly becomes unrealistic and improbable. It has no redeeming qualities and any message is totally obscured by the meaningless premise of the story.