Runoff
Monterey Media | Release Date: June 26, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
VarietyBill EdelsteinJul 8, 2015
The universal theme of personal principle vs. human necessity gets a workout in languid but inexorably powerful morality play, Runoff. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJun 26, 2015
I don't think Kimberly Levin's debut feature Runoff entirely works as a story or a statement. But as an experience, it's amazing — so unlike most other recent American independent films in its style and mood. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeJun 25, 2015
Like its rural setting, Runoff is slow, deliberate, and concerned with practical things. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineNick PriggeJun 22, 2015
This emotionally affecting film never loses sight of the ethical complexity of forsaking a community in the name of an individual. Read full review
70
Village VoiceDanny KingJun 23, 2015
Kimberly Levin's Runoff deals with an old-as-time moral quandary — how far will you go to protect your family? — but the movie achieves an understated resonance through Levin's emotionally sensitive compositions and her clued-in portrayal of life in a middle-American farming community. Read full review
67
IndieWireJames RocchiJul 8, 2015
Edited by writer-director Levin, Runoff is the kind of film that finds power and pleasure in silence; many of its best scenes come in careful, long, quiet scenes of revelation or desperation. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 25, 2015
The movie’s extreme compression is its biggest failing. The business end is so minimally sketched, you are left wanting to know a lot more. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweJul 8, 2015
The threats faced in Runoff feel generic: predatory corporations, merciless banks, environmental contamination and encroaching industrialization just seem like overly familiar themes, lacking sustained suspense. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshJul 23, 2015
The low energy pace and performances strive for naturalism but just don't achieve compelling tension or suspense. Read full review
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