Run
Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): November 20, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatEnrique AcostaDec 17, 2020
Run is that rare beast that tells you in the trailer exactly what’s going to happen and still manages to surprise and shock you. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonNov 17, 2020
A tense, nail-biting thriller featuring powerhouse performances. Read full review
90
Screen RantJack WilhelmiNov 24, 2020
Run showcases the whiplash intensity and cold calculation of Sarah Paulson at her peak, with intense moments that will leave you breathless. Read full review
80
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpNov 25, 2020
Run gives its dual leads a slim window for making first impressions and finding bases for their roles, which makes their performances and Chaganty’s direction doubly impressive. Read full review
80
IGNSiddhant AdlakhaNov 18, 2020
Deftly filmed and edited, Run is undoubtedly effective on the small screen, but few other films this year have built and held tension this expertly, so as to be immediately worthy of a room full of people reacting in unison.
80
Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaNov 18, 2020
Chloe’s determination and smarts make Run much more enjoyable to watch than the vast majority of specimens of the genre. She credibly thinks her way through problems. When things are dire, she ratchets up her courage — and Allen sells us on it all. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireNov 20, 2020
You’ll be able to figure out where Run is headed pretty quickly, but that doesn’t detract from the precise thrills and campy fun along the way. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsNov 17, 2020
It’s a familiar but enjoyably vindictive PG-13 thriller about mother/daughter trust issues. Plus a little psychopathology. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 11, 2020
Paulson underplays the Motivated Mom from Hell thing so well that when lines are crossed and the “game” is out in the open, we still don’t know what to expect from her. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakOct 12, 2020
Because the journey is so rapid and anxiety-inducing, however, it’s easy to forget that truncated timeline in order embrace the adrenaline rush of fear and uncertainty that suddenly places a cloud over everything. Read full review
70
PolygonRoxana HadadiNov 23, 2020
In spite of a few nail-biting sequences, Run is more of a slog than a sprint. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeNov 19, 2020
Between this and “Searching” (with its Asian American leads), Chaganty is actively expanding audiences’ ideas of what movie heroes can be. In the end, the character’s disability feels like an extension of the approach taken in his debut. Once again, perceived limitations become opportunities for more creative solutions, and differences disappear unless audiences decide to obsess over them. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 19, 2020
Despite a script (by Chaganty and Sev Ohanian) that sees no need to flavor its tension with flashbacks or character-fleshing, Run has fun with its ludicrous plot. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreNov 19, 2020
Whenever Paulson is on screen, she gives Run a much-needed jolt of vitality as this Munchausen’s-by-proxy monster in catalog knitwear. Her character’s devotion is as terrible as it is unshakeable, but what makes the turn so enjoyable is that it’s grounded in something recognizable — a soul-deep dread of being abandoned, hidden under a nurturer’s smile. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattNov 18, 2020
If the plot tends to outline its intentions in Sharpie — and veer into pure silliness by the final third — their presence pulls all that ridiculosity over the finish line: hardly a home run, but still a brittle, nasty bit of fun. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubBeatrice LoayzaNov 16, 2020
A psychological thriller with frustratingly little to say about the trenches of the human mind, Run nevertheless satisfies as a taut and titillating get-out movie that lands somewhere between HBO’s "Sharp Objects" and "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" Read full review
58
IndieWireRyan LattanzioOct 9, 2020
There’s enough go-for-broke and whiplash-inducing shifts in tone on display to suggest this filmmaking duo has a future, even when their characters don’t seem to have a past. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonNov 18, 2020
Because the characters are so thinly drawn and the drama so unconvincingly developed, the third-act operatics don’t dazzle the way they should, leaving Run very much stuck in place. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 18, 2020
Run is stopped dead in its tracks by a howler of a screenplay that regularly calls for various characters to behave as stupidly as the dumbest victim in a splatter movie. Read full review
40
Rolling StoneDavid FearNov 19, 2020
Forget the title; the film barely works itself up into a half-hearted trot. It isn’t even howl-worthy in its campiness or badness, with one notable exception. Read full review
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