SummaryAfter a stroke leaves her husband mentally disabled and fundamentally changed, spirited Irish housewife Vanetia (Maxine Peake) struggles to keep her family together in the wake of tragedy. A research grant from American doctor Ted Fielding (Will Forte), interested in documenting the family's recovery process, allows them to get by. Though Vanetia... Read More
Directed By:Steph Green
Written By:Ailbhe Keogan, Steph Green
Run & Jump
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Generally Favorable
71
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
71
75% Positive
12 Reviews
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25% Mixed
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Jan 20, 2014
90
With remarkable warmth and immediacy, Green and co-scripter Keogan have managed to capture the beauty of an obviously flawed family, one neither too perfect nor too demographically balanced to ring true, and imbue it with a sense of plenitude that seems to flow as much from the sun-drenched land itself as from the quirkily particular personalities involved.
Jan 20, 2014
80
Steph Green's first feature has more going for it than a solid dramatic turn by Will Forte.
Jan 24, 2014
75
As much as I liked it, I have to admit Run & Jump is a work of no action — of love unrequited, feelings unexpressed and goals never reached. Sitting through it requires great patience. I don’t think this is an Ireland that would interest John Ford.
Jan 20, 2014
75
Despite the affecting drama and performances, Run and Jump just never feels more that perfunctory in this regards.
Jan 21, 2014
70
Maxine Peake is a revelation in Run & Jump, communicating vitality and extraordinary optimism that practically bleeds out and infects the visuals.
May 19, 2014
60
Forte and Peake excel in a notable debut from Green that marks her out as a director to watch.
Jan 23, 2014
50
Whether it’s possible to go on loving somebody who’s no longer himself is a momentous question that this movie largely ducks, ultimately providing an answer that seems imposed from without rather than arrived at organically.
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Aug 14, 2014
3
Perhaps I expected too much after seeing Will Forte in "Nebraska" -- amid all the tremendous acting and great characters in that movie, he was the winsome heart of it. In this one, his presence barely registers. He heard about this guy who had a stroke (we don't know how), he decides to chronicle the case for posterity (we don't know why) and he lives with the family while making his observations (we don't know what). I agree with the reviewer who said that the fascinating issue of how to love someone who's fundamentally changed by stroke goes largely unexplored. The lead actress, who looks like Julianne Moore, is appealing, if hard to believe. (Family's **** and yet she dances while doing housework. Huh?)
Production Company:
- Samson Films
- Bavaria Pictures
- Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
- Section 481
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
- Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
- Bavaria Film
- Cinepostproduction Bavaria
- Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF)
- FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
- Senator Film München
- Eurimages
- Spyglass Entertainment
Release Date:Jan 24, 2014
Duration:1 h 46 m
Awards
Irish Film and Television Awards
• 3 Nominations
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Galway Film Fleadh
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
