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Escaping Freedom

"Are you truly free?"

Foster siblings Vincent and Krystal have been estranged for many years. When they are forced to reunite, their polar opposite paths in life lead to an explosive outcome where each is made to come to terms with their own faults. Vincent is a pastor of a small church struggling with religious doubts and a burgeoning desire for another male pastor. Krystal, on the other hand, has devoted her life to full on exploration and hedonism through the arts yet struggles with the labels placed on her as a result. As each other's closest confidant as well as biggest critic, Vincent and Krystal attract and repel like magnets. When the siblings reunite, everything comes to a head, both within their relationship and within each of their individual lives.

Top Cast

  • Patrick D. Green

    Patrick D. Green

    Vincent

  • Kelly Godell

    Kelly Godell

    Krystal

  • Jonathan Daniel Miles

    Jonathan Daniel Miles

    Marcus

  • Brian Adrian Koch

    Brian Adrian Koch

    René

  • Laura Welsh

    Laura Welsh

    Katie

  • Jill Sughrue

    Jill Sughrue

    Edith

  • Casey Pfeifer

    Casey Pfeifer

    Laurel

  • Jeffrey Arrington

    Jeffrey Arrington

    Josh

  • Devon Rawlings

    Devon Rawlings

    Rebecca

Overview

Foster siblings Vincent and Krystal have been estranged for many years. When they are forced to reunite, their polar opposite paths in life lead to an explosive outcome where each is made to come to terms with their own faults. Vincent is a pastor of a small church struggling with religious doubts and a burgeoning desire for another male pastor. Krystal, on the other hand, has devoted her life to full on exploration and hedonism through the arts yet struggles with the labels placed on her as a result. As each other's closest confidant as well as biggest critic, Vincent and Krystal attract and repel like magnets. When the siblings reunite, everything comes to a head, both within their relationship and within each of their individual lives.

Rating

4.2 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Mar 9, 2026

    Yikes, this film is a mess. Cinematographically and emotionally. It’s a story of pastor “Vincent” (Patrick D. Green) whose parish is struggling financially, whose disturbed foster-sister “Krystal” (Kelly Godell) has arrived unannounced on his doorstep after four years apart and as if that isn’t enough, he is having certain urges that are causing him to question his commitment to his faith, his flock and his friendship with fellow pastor “Marcus” (Jonathan Miles). She is prone to bouts of depression and hedonism, is used to speaking her mind and is also an aspiring actress so in just about every way imaginable is a contrast to her more reserved brother, and so as this way too long drama unfolds we see the attempts they make to redefine their relationship - with varying lively degrees of usually temporary success. Godell is easily the best on screen here (reminding me a little of Laura Dern) as her character clearly has the most to work with. Green, on the other hand, has far less of the play and what he does have is often just reduced to head-in-his-hands stuff whilst he awaits the next storm to hit his already troubled life. It could easily have lost an hour and condensed what intensity there is into something a little more potent, but the production is all too television movie-ish and there is simply too much padding to sustain what could have been a better focussed critique on the reconciling of sexuality and faith whilst maybe even beginning a process of learning about the importance of forgiveness and living your own life on your own terms. I wouldn’t bother with this, sorry.

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