The Outrun

2024

1h 58m

Biography

Drama

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80%

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30 Reviews

Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.

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Critics Consensus

Benefiting from Saoirse Ronan's deeply committed performance in the central role, The Outrun proves a moving portrait of addiction in spite of its somewhat shapeless narrative.

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Stephen A. Russell

Time Out

Lit up in a glow of stormy sea spray, Orkney is majestic. As is the mighty Ronan

Feb 22, 2024

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

Back and forth, back and forth, as if “compare and contrast” is narrative in itself and not just a method for appreciating two performance modes.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 20, 2024

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Ronan’s physically convincing, with a tough abrasiveness many people of her age may recognise.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 19, 2024

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Abe Friedtanzer

Above the Line

Ronan excels at channeling Rona’s destructive fury and then tapping into her more subdued state as she begins her journey towards self-healing.

Rated: B

Jul 24, 2024

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Peter Gray

The AU Review

[Nora] Fingscheidt isn’t reinventing the dramatic wheel, but she steers it with an honesty, treating its subject of recovery with a soulfulness that people battling such should find nourishing.

Rated: 5/5

Jun 15, 2024

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Distances of time and space are collapsible in Fingscheidt’s hands.

Rated: 4.5/5

Mar 24, 2024

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Synopsis

Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.

Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Producer: Sarah Brocklehurst, Dominic Norris, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan
Screenwriter: Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot
Production Co: Arcade Pictures, Brock Media
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 58m