#71 - Free Guy | Directed by Shawn Levy (with Jessica and Saunya of Opinionated Lushes)

Tune in as Jessica and Saunya (Opinionated Lushes) collaborate with Arthur for a deep dive into Free Guy, the 2021 action-adventure comedy that follows the happy-go-lucky bank teller Guy as he realizes he’s an NPC (non-player character) inside a MMOG (massively multiplayer online game) called Free City. Are we being oversaturated with Ryan Reynolds’s presence? How big of a role does the Manic Pixie Dream Girl stereotype play in the movie? Should we be concerned over Christopher Nolan‘s upbringing? The hosts chat about all that and more on this episode.

Directed by Shawn Levy (the Night at the Museum trilogy), Free Guy stars Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Keery, and Taika Waititi.

Spoilers start at 31:30

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• Saunya: Death Road to Canada

• Arthur: La La Land

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