Free Hugs

October. 24,2011      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Jaclyn Jonet as  Billie
Sarah Burns as  Sydney
Megalyn Echikunwoke as  Megan
Aziz Ansari as  Mike
Bryn Mooser as  Waiter
Olivia Wilde as  Head Hooper
Justin Long as  Checkout Boy
Liz Beebe as  Aerobics Instructor

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Reviews

ChicRawIdol
2011/10/24

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

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Baseshment
2011/10/25

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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Siflutter
2011/10/26

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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Logan Dodd
2011/10/27

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

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