Running Scared
New Line Cinema | Release Date: February 24, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
8
Negative:
13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's a pumped-up, intricate and fast-moving yarn that never flags and continues to play out in unexpected ways as it unravels. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
Paul "Surfer Boy" Walker turns in a very credible action performance if you give him a Jersey accent, cover him in grime and beat the ever-loving tar out of him for two hours. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
If you like kinetic movies about crime, criminals, and all sorts of bad behavior, Running Scared will catch and hold your attention. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Goes so far over the top, it circumnavigates the top and doubles back on itself; it's the Mobius Strip of over-the-topness. I am in awe. It throws in everything but the kitchen sink. Then it throws in the kitchen sink, too, and the combo washer-dryer in the laundry room, while the hero and his wife are having sex on top of it. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It's way too violent and perversely excessive for many tastes, but there's more to its outrages than meets the eye, and that second look is well worth taking. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
If Running Scared had come out in 1994, before "Pulp Fiction," it - and Kramer - would be hailed as blazingly original. But questions of originality notwithstanding, there's plenty of blazing going on here. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Running Scared is a vicious and brutal B-movie jacked up to hysterical, hallucinatory proportions -- a pulpy, violent action picture that torments the viewer as much as its characters, and I mean that as a compliment. Read full review
70
Film ThreatMichael Ferraro
An overly ambitious guilty pleasure with enough action and violence to keep you interested, it just doesn’t have much else. Read full review
63
PremiereJessica Letkemann
Ultimately, it is a serviceable, well-made thriller that earns its R rating. Read full review
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