Rust Creek

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Rust Creek

R

Released Jan 4, 2019

1h 48m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

Drama

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Sawyer is an ambitious, overachieving college senior who has a seemingly bright future. While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the frozen forest. Suddenly, the young woman who has everything to live for finds herself facing her own mortality as she's punished by the elements and pursued by a band of ruthless outlaws. With nowhere left to run, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with an enigmatic loner who has shadowy intentions.

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Critics Consensus

Rust Creek subverts expectations with a surprisingly layered survival drama anchored in a rich setting and a gripping lead performance from Hermione Corfield.

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Nell Minow

AWFJ.org

Director Jen McGowan has a genuine feel for place and she gives us a heroine who does not have to be a superhero to be fearless, tough, and determined.

Oct 26, 2021

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Has way more story than it needs.

Sep 14, 2019

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Jude Dry

IndieWire

Under McGowan's restrained direction, "Rust Creek" is an impressive example of good storytelling overriding budget and star power.

Rated: B

Jan 18, 2019

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

This low-budget thriller has good pacing and a fascinating character dynamic, but it's so riddled with lapses of logic and frustrating behavior that it comes totally undone before it gets going.

Rated: 2/5

May 18, 2024

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

A delightfully harrowing thriller from director Jen McGowan.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Cate Marquis

AWFJ.org

Rust Creek is a genre film, aiming just to entertain, and there is no reason women directors can't make those kinds of films too rather than ones with social commentary.

Oct 26, 2021

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Audience Member

If you like to be frustrated by illogical writing this movie is for you. There are some solid performances but even those couldn’t make up for the lazy writing. Your instincts will tell you to shut this movie off after 20 minutes and you should oblige.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/06/25

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Mike E

SPOILER ALERT: Good up until the ending. The Sheriff shoots EVERYONE he has a problem with throughout the film, but wrestles with the heroine rather than just shooting her too. It made no sense. That downgraded it from a must watch to......meh.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/25

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Michael N

Though slow and predictable at times it is also somewhat captivating

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/14/25

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D E

Slow, boring, and improbable. No plot twist. Not a B movie, a low grade grad movie that should have been made.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/25

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Gerard M

Sometimes you don’t know what to watch and you stumble on a hidden gem and this was it. The casting was genuinely perfect. The storyline development was realistic compared to other similar movies - I didn’t find myself screaming at the TV “run!” Because the character was making poor choices lol.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/27/24

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Jon Q

Low budget film with a well written plot and an exceptionally fashionably revealed twist.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/27/24

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Synopsis

Sawyer is an ambitious, overachieving college senior who has a seemingly bright future. While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the frozen forest. Suddenly, the young woman who has everything to live for finds herself facing her own mortality as she's punished by the elements and pursued by a band of ruthless outlaws. With nowhere left to run, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with an enigmatic loner who has shadowy intentions.

Director: Jen McGowan
Producer: Stu Pollard
Screenwriter: Julie Lipson, Stu Pollard
Distributor: IFC Midnight
Production Co: IFC Films
Rating: R (Language|Violence|Some Drug Material)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 4, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 6, 2019
Runtime: 1h 48m

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