MOVIE TITLE: Run Rabbit Run
This creepy Australian thriller is now available on Netflix.
RATING: R
LENGTH: 1 hour 40 minutes
MOVIE REVIEW MOM GRADE: C
IN A NUTSHELL:
The story is about a fertility doctor who is struggling after the recent death of her father. Her daughter’s strange behavior challenges her ideas about life and death.
The movie is directed by Daina Reid, who returned to Australia after her successes on The Handmaid’s Tale and The Spanish Princess. Kudos to first-time screenwriter Hannah Kent, who wrote the screenplay from an idea conceived by Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films.
THINGS I LIKED:
- Sarah Snook gives an excellent performance. I had never seen her in anything before, although she has been in plenty of popular TV series.
- The young actress who plays Mia also did a fantastic job. Her name is Lily LaTorre. I always worry about child actors being in scary movies and what that could do to them psychologically!
- Beautiful cinematography.
- If you love listening to cello music, you’ll enjoy the dramatic musical score.
- It leaves the audience rethinking what they just saw.
THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:
- It’s VERY slow-moving.
- It’s hard to like any of the characters.
- The mother and daughter fight and scream at each other constantly.
- So many scenes are repetitive and tiresome without any new insights.
- Why do people NOT turn on the lights in their houses?
- The lighting in most of the scenes is super dark.
- The eery music makes you think SOMETHING is going to happen, but it usually doesn’t.
- SPOILER: I was annoyed that the rabbit is just a red herring.
- Some viewers won’t like the ambiguous ending.
TIPS FOR PARENTS:
- Some profanity, including F-bombs
- Some people get wounds from various things.
- Talk of death.
- A couple is divorced.
THEMES:
- Past lives
- Memories
- Grief
- PTSD
- Guilt
- Emotional health
FUNNY LINES:
- None. This is a chilling, psychological horror.
INTERESTING LINES:
“I miss people I’ve never met all the time.” – Mia (Lily LaTorre)
“You’re a monster.” – Mia (Lily LaTorre)
OTHER MOVIES LIKE THIS YOU MIGHT ENJOY:
Monstrous (2022): https://moviereviewmom.com/monstrous-movie-review/
Hereditary (2018): https://amzn.to/44uEqZ1
The Witch (2015): https://amzn.to/3NHpaRI
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