Free Hugs

5.5
2011 0 hr 24 min Drama , Comedy

Free Hugs captures the "rock bottom" moment of post-breakup wallowing, when friends lose their patience, and the pitiless world moves on without you. We follow the hilariously bitter Billie (Jaclyn Jonet) as she attempts to find catharsis through comfort food (and wine), sawing her belongings in half and attacking a particularly meaningful local monument. Ultimately Billie must slam into the harsh reality of heartbreak before she can understand that sometimes the purest form of love is a free hug from a stranger.

  • Cast:
    Jaclyn Jonet , Sarah Burns , Megalyn Echikunwoke , Aziz Ansari , Bryn Mooser , Olivia Wilde , Justin Long

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Reviews

Afouotos
2011/10/24

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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Bergorks
2011/10/25

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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BelSports
2011/10/26

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Philippa
2011/10/27

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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