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Video Review – Free Guy can’t rise above being just another typical Ryan Reynolds comedy

August 8, 2021 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno with a video review of Ryan Reynolds’ new film Free Guy…

Ryan Reynolds is back, and this time he’s looking to pander to the gamers. Free Guy is a video game-infused film where Reynolds stars as Guy, an NPC who decided to move from the background to the hero of this story.

Critic EJ Moreno dives into what works for Free Guy and questions who is the target demographic. Could the over-use of IPs and famous people turn folks off like it did with Space Jam: A New Legacy, or is the power of Ryan Reynolds that strong?

Watch the review here, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for more reviews, exclusive interviews, and other video content…

SEE ALSO: Read our written review of Free Guy here

In Twentieth-Century Studios’ epic adventure-comedy Free Guy, a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game decides to become the hero of his own story…one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way…before it is too late.

Free Guy arrives in cinemas on August 13th and stars Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Taika Waititi.

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Free Guy, jodie comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy, Taika Waititi, Utkarsh Ambudkar

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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