Ultimately this film is meant to be about friendships, or at least that is what many scenes, as well as the film's tagline "above all, it's a love story", allude to. Caan and Arkin work fairly well together, however the film does not have much to say in terms of friendships. What messages may have been present become lost in the excessive violence, rambling dialogue, and mindless car crashes that plague the film. There are many useless supporting characters too, and there is not much a plot driving the material either. Still, in the mix there are amusing bits, and some interesting, even if far too light, insight into police work. Loretta Swit is also effective in the three or four minutes that she has on screen. It is not a terrible film overall, and arguably it has a good backbone with the potential of the material, but it does definitely have much room for improvement.
Review of Freebie and the Bean
