Run Rabbit Run

2023

1 hr. 40 min.

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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As a fertility doctor, Sarah has a firm understanding of the cycle of life. However, when she is forced to make sense of the increasingly strange behavior of her young daughter, Sarah must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.

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Critics Consensus

Run Rabbit Run boasts some powerhouse performances, but they're largely overwhelmed by a thin plot and overreliance on stale horror tropes.

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Sarah Snook is the main reason to see Run Rabbit Run -- if you're in the mood for a really slow, unoriginal, and somewhat confusing movie, that is.

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Cristian s

Aterradora, usa el pretexto de fantasmas y reencarnaciones para contar una historia incluso mas perturbadora de lo que cualquiera de ellas puede llegar a ser. No es la típica película de sustos con golpes fuertes, va por la linea del terror psicológico que no es para todo el mundo y a la vez que te asusta realmente con lo que estas viendo (si uno le entiende y le presta atención, obviamente). Otra gran joyita australiana.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/25/24

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Pascal R

Run Rabbit Run has some interesting ideas and tries to build some gripping dynamics, but is cut short due to its repetitive storytelling and thin emotional depth. The acting was one of the better parts of this movie, with Sarah Snook delivering the best performance. The cinematography was also one of the parts that I enjoyed throughout the movie. The most frustrating part for me was the repetitiveness of the writing. After establishing some good connections, the writing fails to move anywhere with the plot. It keeps repeating the same sequences over and over again. Because of this, the emotional connection to the characters is getting cut, which in turn makes the ending of this movie feel empty. Overall: Run Rabbit Run had some decent ideas but is failed by its boring writing. 5/10

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/03/24

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Steven M

The road to a successful psychological thriller movie is one laden with potholes. These potholes form like any other: through weathering and deterioration over time and frequent travel. Over the years, we've seen an evolution in the genre, with many stand-out examples that stand the test of time, like Silence of the Lambs, Vertigo, and American Psycho. In fact, some of them set so good an example, directors and companies protrude from the woodwork and say "hey, I can do that, too!" This is where we find Run Rabbit Run, a 2023 Australian psychological thriller about the harrowing experience that a divorced mother and her daughter endure as they grapple with an unseen malevolence with ties to their past. From the get-go, this film gave me flashbacks to The Babadook with its creeping dread and fear of the unknown, wrapped into familial drama that would set any parent ablaze with terror. I really had high hopes for this. As a psych-thriller fan for many years, the set up was promising, the acting was markedly good, and the direction weaved together a lonely, tense world. This tension slowly applies itself to your psyche to set you on edge and alert for threats. The obvious choice to keep light on the jumpscares added even more points to the proverbial report card from me. The first act geniunely had me guessing what direction this film would take us... ...until act 2. The aforementioned potholes were trampled over with Run Rabbit Run's sizeable genre vehicle, with every bump further shaking me loose from the tension and sending me down the beaten path of predicibility - a trait even more disappointing in the horror genre. Creepy drawings of unseen horrors? Check. Small girl who says spooky things in traumatic situations? You bet. Scary mask? Certainly. Et cetra, et cetra. All in all, a solid horror flick for fans of the genre. I can see this pleasing those who are looking for a movie to analyze with their friends at a watch party, but here are some pro-tips: have a second movie on-deck if this one proves to be too slow, boring, and predictable for your horror-loving pals.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/24

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LS_ N

The movie had so much potential but just ended. It didn't explain anything that happened, we didn't get to see the resolution, no explanation on anything that happened just loose ends and a kid with a bad temper.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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French C

Don't bother. Great acting but a terrible plot - not remotely scary.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/25/23

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Kelsey B

This movie captured slowly falling into madness very well.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/25/23

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Daina Reid

Director

Sarah Snook

Sarah

Lily LaTorre

Mia

Greta Scacchi

Joan

Damon Herriman

Pete

Julia Davis

Gail (Night Shift Nurse)

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

A psychological thriller that’s mostly effective, even though its story is familiar and somewhat threadbare.

Jul 5, 2023

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Not everything works here. Too much is overfamiliar. But Run Rabbit Run retains a clammy grip throughout.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 4, 2023

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

This is an well-made thriller about ghosts – of the past and present – that keeps one guessing until the end, and perhaps even afterwards.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 3, 2023

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Srivatsan S

The Hindu

The Australian film does a neat job in creating an atmospheric horror but loses its command over the genre after a point.

Nov 2, 2023

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Damon Wise

Deadline Hollywood Daily

The film rests squarely on the shoulders of Succession star Snook, who does a lot of heavy lifting, keeping us sympathetic right up to, and maybe even beyond, the point of revelation. parenthood.

Oct 4, 2023

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Nuha Hassan

Film Cred

After all the metaphors and horror tropes, Reid’s Run Rabbit Run is an undercooked supernatural film which had the potential to bring new ideas. However, it resulted in a missed opportunity to tell a story on the trauma and grief of motherhood.

Sep 8, 2023

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Synopsis

As a fertility doctor, Sarah has a firm understanding of the cycle of life. However, when she is forced to make sense of the increasingly strange behavior of her young daughter, Sarah must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.

Director: Daina Reid
Executive Producer: Katie Anderson, Nate Bolotin, Jack Christian, Maxime Cottray, Olivia Humphrey, D.J. McPherson, Daina Reid, Sarah Snook, Nick Spicer, Aram Tertzakian, Deanne Weir
Screenwriter: Hannah Kent
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Carver Films, XYZ Films, VicScreen
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 28, 2023

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