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Free Guy
2021
· Movie
· 115 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1913
- IMDb #1859
- Google retired #569
- Rotten Tomatoes #896
- Metacritic #2163
- Letterboxd #3911
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2008
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #182
- Metacritic Critics #2204
- Metacritic Audience #2061
- Criticker #2607
- Douban #1103
- Kinopoisk #1500
- AlloCiné #1429
- Trakt #946
Every rating
39–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 39, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A bank teller who discovers he is actually a background character in an open-world video game decides to become the hero of his own story. He rewrites the rules of the game, creating a race against time to save his world before the developers shut it down for good.
Details
- Director
- Shawn Levy
- Writers
- Matt Lieberman, Zak Penn
- Released
- 11 August 2021
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Japanese, German
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $110.0M
- Box office
- $331.5M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →3 wins from 17 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2022 | Best Visual Effects | Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2022 | Best Comedy | Free Guy | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 | Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | Free Guy | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 | Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 | Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | Jodie Comer | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2022 | Best Special Visual Effects | Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick | Nominee |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2022 | Best Viral Campaign for a Feature Film | Free Guy | Winner |
| Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards 2022 | Best Visual Effects | Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Super Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | Jodie Comer | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | Free Guy | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Comedy | Free Guy | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| The Comedy Movie of 2021 | Free Guy | Winner |
| The Comedy Movie Star of 2021 | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |
| The Male Movie Star of 2021 | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Comedic Performance | Ryan Reynolds | Winner |
| Best Fight | Guy vs. Dude | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Viral Campaign for a Feature Film | Free Guy | Winner |
Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Comedy or Musical | Free Guy | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Science Fiction Film | Free Guy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Comer | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Special Visual Effects | Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick | Nominee |
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Movie Actor | Ryan Reynolds | Nominee |