‘Free Time’ Review: A Clever New York Indie Comedy Highlighting Gen Z Malaise

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‘Free Time’ Review: A Clever New York Indie Comedy Highlighting Gen Z Malaise
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Colin Burgess stars in writer-director Ryan Martin Brown’s first feature, about an office worker who willingly quits his job and still tries to get by in the Big Apple.

, a “generation-defining movie.” Shot in 10 days with a cast of relative unknowns, the micro-budget comedy has more or less passed under the radar, premiering at a bunch of midlevel festivals and receiving a limited release in select U.S. cities.

It’s during the post-COVID period that Martin Brown sets his shaggy dog story, which sits somewhere between early Woody Allen and a few of the mumblecore flicks mentioned above. Indeed, with its cast of assorted Brooklyn characters — many of them played by standup and improv comics — and its nonstop passive-aggressive ambiance,could be part of a new movement that’s perhaps best described as “vocal fry-core.

But Drew has few friends, not to mention any kind of romantic partner, so he doesn’t do much after he quits except lie around all day watching the same movie in bed, before getting high on edibles and going barhopping on his own. At best, he’s hoping to pursue his side-career as a keyboardist in a local band, but when he shows up for rehearsal after a long hiatus, he learns the lead singer has switched genres to country.

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