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      Rabbit, Run

      R 1970 1h 34m Drama List
      Reviews 12% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score A former high-school basketball star (James Caan) leaves his pregnant, alcoholic wife for a part-time hooker (Anjanette Comer). Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Feb 25 Buy Now

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      Dave S If there's one thing to be learned from Rabbit, Run, it is the fact that not all great novels translate well to the big screen. Based on John Updike's American classic, it is the story of Harry ‘Rabbit' Angstrom (James Caan), an unrepentant narcissist who leaves his wife, a pregnant alcoholic, and son in order to live with a prostitute he has just met. While the book seems focused on being a character study of a truly repugnant human, the movie seems to almost revel in his abhorrent behavior. To make matters worse, Jack Smight's direction is bland and uninspired, the soundtrack is tinny and sounds like it's coming from a transistor radio, and the acting (with the exception of Caan, who does his best to salvage things) is wooden, at best. Best advice? Read the book. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/14/24 Full Review Audience Member Okay, so I read the book and largely disliked the lead character Rabbit Angstrom, but wanted to try to check out this film to see if I was missing something, and I can report that I was not. The lead is a whiny jerk-off whose life doesn't work out as expected and for some reason we're supposed to find it interesting that he abandons his dull wife and child (who is also pregnant again, I might add) to go chase pussy for a few months? There's just no one in this shit to find compelling or sympathetic at all, and I puzzle over why it's such a fixture of American literature. Pass, unless you're just a huge fan of the source material or the actors involved. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Shelly Benoit Los Angeles Free Press [Rabbit, Run] might have made a good, stark film ten years ago when it was contemporary. Jan 14, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Only remains watchable because James Caan runs with the slight story-line and gives it some appeal. Rated: B Jul 25, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A former high-school basketball star (James Caan) leaves his pregnant, alcoholic wife for a part-time hooker (Anjanette Comer).
      Director
      Jack Smight
      Production Co
      Solitaire
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 25, 2012
      Runtime
      1h 34m
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