Film Review: Freelancers Anonymous at FilmOut San Diego

By Rich Cline

There’s a disarmingly bright, cheerful tone to this goofy comedy, which is playing at FilmOut San Diego. Freelancers Anonymous taps into the current issue of underemployment, where employers cut hours and benefits, forcing people to take multiple jobs to make ends meet. Thankfully, director Sonia Sebastian and writers Lisa Cordileone and Amy Dellagiarino never get overly serious about this, keeping things very light while grounding the humour in likeable characters. They also nicely play the central characters’ lesbian sexuality as matter-of-fact. More...