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Freeheld certainly means well, but its cardboard characters and by-the-numbers drama undermine its noble intentions.
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You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by the story here, just as you'd have to have a mind cemented shut to deny the issues of fairness under the law that are explored. October 11, 2017 | Full Review…
You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by the story here, just as you'd have to have a mind cemented shut to deny the issues of fairness under the law that are explored.
M. Faust
Moore gets to wear a striking wig but has no dialogue that makes you look twice. And the more Stacie cries over her saintly lover, the more guiltily conscious you become that your own eyes are water-free. February 21, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Moore gets to wear a striking wig but has no dialogue that makes you look twice. And the more Stacie cries over her saintly lover, the more guiltily conscious you become that your own eyes are water-free.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Why does Michael Shannon get the best written part in a lesbian drama? February 19, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Why does Michael Shannon get the best written part in a lesbian drama?
Katherine McLaughlin
You've got to feel sorry for the makers of Freeheld. They must have thought they had it in the bag. February 18, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
You've got to feel sorry for the makers of Freeheld. They must have thought they had it in the bag.
Kevin Maher
One to avoid. February 18, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
One to avoid.
Peter Bradshaw
Freeheld assigns its most dynamic arcs to the straight characters who align themselves, sooner or later, with Laurel and Stacie. November 10, 2015 | Full Review…
Freeheld assigns its most dynamic arcs to the straight characters who align themselves, sooner or later, with Laurel and Stacie.
Alison Willmore
By respecting their viewpoints, their privacy, and their humanity, Freeheld is the dramatization Laurel and Stacie deserved. May 1, 2019 | Full Review…
By respecting their viewpoints, their privacy, and their humanity, Freeheld is the dramatization Laurel and Stacie deserved.
Matthew Eng
Freeheld's first act combines irrelevant police cases with an awkward early-stage romance that develops into a cheesy, sun-splashed love story. April 12, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Freeheld's first act combines irrelevant police cases with an awkward early-stage romance that develops into a cheesy, sun-splashed love story.
Rachel Brook
The filmmaking and plot do just enough to support the performances of Moore and Page, both of which are monumental and powerful enough to make the movie a solid success. March 1, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
The filmmaking and plot do just enough to support the performances of Moore and Page, both of which are monumental and powerful enough to make the movie a solid success.
Bernard Boo
The film inexplicably never develops into anything more than a based-on-a-true-story TV film of the week. February 14, 2019 | Full Review…
The film inexplicably never develops into anything more than a based-on-a-true-story TV film of the week.
Paula Fleri-Soler
Thanks to some superlative acting and a beautifully constructed screenplay, Freeheld is one of the unsung pleasures of the winter. October 25, 2017 | Full Review…
Thanks to some superlative acting and a beautifully constructed screenplay, Freeheld is one of the unsung pleasures of the winter.
Matthew Bond
It teeters on the edge of camp pretension before whipping out its raison d'etre and being unapologetically political. That said, the sheer amount of bodily fluids displayed before it forecloses means it slightly outstays its welcome. August 28, 2017 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
It teeters on the edge of camp pretension before whipping out its raison d'etre and being unapologetically political. That said, the sheer amount of bodily fluids displayed before it forecloses means it slightly outstays its welcome.
Charlie Oughton
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