January 29, - The Freebie

Caught a Sundance film today at the Broadway.

(26) The Freebie (2009): Been a long time since I was this bored. This is a problem that really talky films can have if A) the dialogue isn't very good, and B) we have to watch, incessantly, the people who are doing all the yak yak yakking. Such is the case with this film.

The story involves a couple who are bored in their marriage at the magic number of, you guessed it, 7 years. They decide they each get one night off to go get laid by someone else, just to put a little spark back into their marriage.

I actually thought the two protagonists did a fine acting job, despite suspect source material. It was a boring movie, with a premise you saw coming nearly right out of the gate, and an ending that couldn't have happened any other way. I don't need to see this movie again, don't want to see it again, and can't really recommend it. Definitely for a 30-something crowd. The language is pervasive in spots.

1.5 Stars