Hit & Run

R

Released Aug 22, 2012

1 hr. 35 min.

Comedy

Action

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48%

137 Reviews

Tomatometer

49%

25,000+ Ratings

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Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a nice guy with a shady past as a getaway driver, breaks out of the witness protection program in a backwater California town to drive his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell), to Los Angeles for an important job interview. The pair's road trip takes an awkward and dangerous turn when they find that an inept federal agent (Tom Arnold) and the mobster (Bradley Cooper) he testified against are both trying to hunt them down.

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Critics Consensus

Though Hit & Run has some surprisingly oft-kilter filmmaking, the action doesn't add to much and the writing's a bit smug.

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Kaitlyn K

Knowing everything I know about Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell's relationship, and the inspiration for Dax writing this script, makes me love this movie so much! I'm in appreciative awe every time I watch this, purely grateful for Dax touching on this subject matter - how a couple navigates the past, and what it means for their present relationship (and, ultimately, their future).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/03/23

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Written, co-directed, co-edited, staring, and stunt driving by Dax Shepard, Dax plays an ex-con getaway driver named Charles Bronson who's now in the witness protection program, but when his girlfriend (played by real-life girlfriend Kirsten Bell) has to get to LA in time for an interview, he risks exposing himself to the criminals he's hiding from. Add into the mix a deranged ex-boyfriend (Michael Rosenbaum), an incompetent parole officer (Tom Arnold), and two federal marshals (Jason Bateman being one of them), you have a reasonable set-up for a "Smokey and the Bandit" style of car chase comedy. "Hit and Run" is not as great as Smokey, but it has a likable cast, which also includes Bradley Cooper, Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Arnold, Beau Bridges, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, David Koechner, and features some terrific stunt driving, all of which Shepard did himself using mostly cars he personally owned. During one sketchy stunt at the end of the film, Bell tells a story of how she decided to ride in the car with Shepard instead of using a stunt double, figuring it would be great for the film or they would simply die together. She the qualified that decision by saying, this was before they'd gotten married and had kids and that she'd never do something like that now. "Hit and Run" isn't a classic, but if you enjoy muscle car flicks like "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Gone in 60 Seconds" you'd probably dig this film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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gustavo t

Entertaining, funny, cool jokes, and some really nice actors! It's definitely worth watching and it deserves a much higher score than it has.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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it could of been better if they played out his past relationships more. The ending doesn't seem final so the movie feels like it falls short.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Decent watch, would watch again, and can recommend, but probably better for first time watchers. So cute to see Kristen Bell and Dax Shepherd (married) start the movie in bed doing gross relationship stuff. The action is done decent enough in this as it's mostly driving, but dressed up as it is, it's a rom-com and I think it's hurt some by trying to cross genres.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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yash b

"Hit and Run" has a couple funny moments and some stylish scenes, but as a whole is still a bad movie. The actors do an okay job in the movie and I thought comedically, Bradley Cooper was the standout, despite not being in the movie much. However, the movie suffers from having an uninteresting story and lots of unfunny moments. I can think of many action comedies that are so much better than this one. Fans of this genre deserve better and can definitely make better use of their time. In the end, I found myself waiting for the story to go somewhere interesting while watching this movie and wasn't laughing much along the way.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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David Palmer

Director

Dax Shepard

Charlie Bronson

Kristen Bell

Annie Bean

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Serena Donadoni

indieWire

Shepard wrote the script and co-directed with David Palmer (Brother's Justice), constructing an ideal vehicle for the real-life couple's spirited banter.

Rated: B+

Oct 26, 2012

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

There is a lot of boring Clarksonian chatter about motorcars, but, inhibited by a modest budget, the stunts prove to be depressingly unspectacular.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 13, 2012

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

It's amiable, but the more miles it clocks up, the more this film looks like a vanity vehicle for its co-director, writer and star, Dax Shepard.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 11, 2012

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Hit & Run is very much hit and miss. The plot careers all over the place and a lot of the jokes definitely sputter, but with the laidback, goofy Shepard at the wheel, the film somehow keeps on the road.

Dec 16, 2020

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

I went into Hit & Run with the lowest possible expectations, and even then I'm not so sure it met them.

Rated: C+

Jul 30, 2020

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Jim Ross

TAKE ONE Magazine

HIT AND RUN is a film that turns out to be more than the sum of its parts, even if it ends up feeling a bit generic and stupid.

Feb 13, 2020

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Synopsis

Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a nice guy with a shady past as a getaway driver, breaks out of the witness protection program in a backwater California town to drive his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell), to Los Angeles for an important job interview. The pair's road trip takes an awkward and dangerous turn when they find that an inept federal agent (Tom Arnold) and the mobster (Bradley Cooper) he testified against are both trying to hunt them down.

Director: Dax Shepard, David Palmer
Executive Producer: Jim Casey, Erica Murray, Tobin Armbrust, Guy East, Nigel Sinclair
Screenwriter: Dax Shepard
Distributor: Open Road
Production Co: Exclusive Media, Panay Films
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Content|Pervasive Language|Sexual References|Some Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.7M

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