Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.

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Based on 5 The Free World Cinema reviews, The Free World gets an average Cinema review score of 51. The score for all versions is 51 based on a total of 5 reviews.

60/100

www.hollywoodreporter.comCinema

Elisabeth Moss and Boyd Holbrook star as damaged outsiders drawn together in writer-director Jason Lew's Louisiana-set redemption drama.

2763d ago

D+/A+

thefilmstage.comCinema

With an environment as ugly and cynical as the one presented here, there isn’t any redeeming emotional truths ultimately revealed or a message to take away, and it’s certainly n...

2763d ago

50/100

www.nytimes.comCinema

The heavy-handed man-beast comparison is one of several grossly overstated themes in a movie that abruptly changes direction as it goes along while taking shortcuts that leave i...

2763d ago