Run Rabbit Run
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): June 28, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
12
Negative:
3
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80
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganJan 26, 2023
Sarah Snook turns in a terrific performance which is always true to the character at every point of a complex arc. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloJun 28, 2023
Run Rabbit Run is a solid, spooky tale without anything too flashy like a Babadook to haunt our dreams and memes but chilling enough to make us sit up in our chairs and scan the screen for the next sign of danger. Read full review
70
VarietyJessica KiangJan 23, 2023
What it lacks in thematic newness, Run Rabbit Run makes up for in the sophistication of its moment-to-moment scarifying and its performances from Sarah Snook and outstanding newcomer Lily LaTorre. Read full review
65
CNNBrian LowryJun 29, 2023
The story certainly doesn’t break new ground, and given the modest nature of the movie, there’s a bit of impatience to get where it’s going; still, thanks to Snook and LaTorre’s beyond-her-years performance it’s never less than watchable. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJun 28, 2023
It’s a great-looking ride with a few legitimate jump-scares and some suitably chilling imagery, but the finale leaves us frustrated and let down, wondering: Is that all there is? Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJul 5, 2023
Sarah Snook gives a riveting performance as a mother going mad in Run Rabbit Run, a psychological thriller that’s mostly effective, even though its story is familiar and somewhat threadbare. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneDavid FearJun 30, 2023
It’s capable of quickly upshifting from tense to intense, and also of having the appearance of a scary movie rather than being one. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeJun 30, 2023
Not everything works here. Too much is overfamiliar. But Run Rabbit Run retains a clammy grip throughout. Definitely worth a stream. Read full review
60
Total FilmJames MottramJun 27, 2023
Sadly, a generic script doesn’t aid the film’s overall ambitions. A little less than the sum of its parts, Run Rabbit Run is ultimately more intriguing than outright terrifying. Read full review
60
Film ThreatAlex SavelievJan 25, 2023
Bolstered by Mark Bradshaw and Marcus Whale’s electronic drone soundtrack and Bonnie Elliott’s atmospheric cinematography, Run Rabbit Run could’ve used some more forward momentum. It lacks outright scares and novelty but makes up for it in some psychological depth. Reid’s film may not reach the profundity it strives for, but how many horror titles even strive for anything these days? Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 29, 2023
Gloomy and vague, Run Rabbit Run is a moody, noncommittal tease replete with the usual spectral signifiers: clammy dreams, scary drawings, unsettling masks. Snook does everything but rend her garments in a performance that only emphasizes the busy vapidity of Hannah Kent’s script. Read full review
50
IndieWireRyan LattanzioJan 23, 2023
A predictably terrific Sarah Snook goes full-blown feral in the Australian horror movie Run Rabbit Run, but its final-act destination isn’t enough to justify the journey. Read full review
45
SlashfilmErin BradyJan 23, 2023
While Snook and LaTorre give it their all, Run Rabbit Run is just another example of a movie not working unless it knows what it wants to be. Read full review
42
ColliderChase HutchinsonJan 23, 2023
While Snook does all she can to give the experience some heft, Run Rabbit Run is a horror film in search of something greater others have already achieved that it is never able to find. Read full review
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Screen RantGraeme GuttmannJun 29, 2023
Unfortunately, Run Rabbit Run is less than the sum of its parts, and even an excellent turn from Sarah Snook can't elevate the movie beyond its basest instincts. Read full review
40
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyJun 29, 2023
Run Rabbit Run is certainly fluent in the visual language of eerie, effective horror. Its metaphors, though, are all mumbled. Read full review
40
The GuardianMichael SunJun 11, 2023
Snook, of course, is typically excellent, fresh from her turn as Succession’s petulant, scheming Shiv Roy in another spiky role here – but even her performance, as it heightens towards a crazed delirium, recalls Toni Collette’s in Hereditary. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreJul 11, 2023
Snook does a nice job of unraveling, and LaTorre makes a perfectly infuriating, undisciplined child. But Run Rabbit Run never moves at anything faster than a saunter, and takes forever to stop meandering about and get on the obvious horror parable it is trying to put over. Read full review
30
Paste MagazineBrianna ZiglerJun 29, 2023
Run Rabbit Run never gets past the sensation of being a Mad Libs horror movie, where those blank spaces are filled in with the most obvious tropes. Read full review
25
The PlaylistMarya E. GatesJan 23, 2023
Run Rabbit Run does nothing to transcend its influences, finds nothing insightful to say about the various familial relationships its fails to explore, traps its talented cast in unmemorable characters, and — worst of all for a horror film — contains no scenes that are truly chilling and or any imagery that will stick in the viewer’s mind once the film is over. Read full review
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