People’s Review XII: Hall Pass

Let it now be said that the People’s Critic is serious all the time. Occasionally a film for comedy comes into the Commissar’s desk. The film “Hall Pass” would have been a humorous film were it not for the thinly veiled capitalist plot to undermine the proletariat throughout the film. The People’s Critic’s stern face throughout the film told volumes.

The film is set in the bourgeois paradise called Rhode Island. In this soulless capitalist society, men are beaten into submission by their capitalist overlords called “wives”. The hard working men of the proletariat are forced to toil in endless torment. Their dreams are crushed. Enter what on the surface seems like a golden ticket from the masters, the hall pass. Freedom is granted to the oppressed for one week, at which point they are to re-enter into servitude. The obvious flaw in this plan is that slaves who taste freedom do not wish to give it up so freely.

We soon learn that the hapless heroes of the proletariat are so indoctrinated into their servitude that they are utterly clueless as to what to do with their freedom. They start off by going to places for the consumption of food in order to explore their freedom, but are quickly beaten into submission by steak. They then attempt to visit places for entertainment and sporting, but are also defeated by capitalism lure of hallucinogenic intoxicants. Meanwhile, their capitalist overlords are enjoying the lap of luxury in the capitalist Mecca of Cape Cod.

The next day, in an effort to get over their capitalist indoctrination, they imbibe alcohol at a local watering hole and attempt to chat up women. They fail heavily as their indoctrination proves too powerful for the liquid courage. They fail so thoroughly, that they end up spending the fourth day recovering from their injuries, both physical and mental. On day five, Rick gets some success but flaunting his experience against a more inexperienced male at a local caffeine bar. Pressing his luck, he follows the female to the local gym. While stalking her, he manages to fall asleep to humorous ends. While this is occurring, Fred attempts to get a special message at an Asian massage parlor, but he is revealed to a mixed group of bourgeois and proletariat, causing much embarrassment.

On the final day, an aged member of the proletariat arrives to guide the protagonists of our story. Taking them to a social setting, he guides them on strategy and technique for defeating the bourgeois female. Fred takes off with a female, while Rick brings the target of his stalking to the wise sage’s after- party. Rick is able to get nearly to his goal, but the brainwashing indoctrination by his capitalist overlord prevented him from enjoying his freedom. Fred runs into some difficulties with female one, but has a second female dropped into his lap. As he is seizing the moment for the worldwide worker, Fred interrupts them with harsh news. The capitalist overlords have been engaging in illicit activity, resulting in a casualty. Shocked, they fight their way past a lesser bourgeois brandishing a firearm.

Sneaking through the enemy lines of Cape Cod, they are able to successfully evade enemy fire and reach the hospital and cottage to find comfort in the embrace of their overlords. Having successfully demonstrated the power of their indoctrination, the capitalist express their narcissistic satisfaction with themselves. The proletariat returns to toiling in servitude and the capitalist agenda comes full circle. The People’s Critic was not entertained by the shameless self-promotion by the capitalist sponsors of this film. This was a thinly veiled capitalist plot to encourage blind servitude by the proletariat.