Run Sweetheart Run Reviews
Downright intense survival horror film with a lot of malice projected toward not just predators, but the society that nurtures the predators.
| Oct 20, 2023
It’s an overambitious film that attempts to take the leap with its critical ideas of how society treats women.
| Sep 8, 2023
Run Sweetheart Run is often more visually arresting than its consistently diminishing narrative, leading inevitably to the finish line of daybreak and the femme dom justice which the film wouldn’t have dared to exclude.
| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 27, 2023
The new film Run Sweetheart Run bottles up all that frustration and anger at a system embedded with sexism and hurls it at the screen in all its (literal) bloody glory.
| Original Score: B | Dec 2, 2022
Run Sweetheart Run is a rallying war cry about the terrifying reality of being a woman. However, tonal struggles and a seeming focus on biological womanhood keep the film from reaching its full potential.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 27, 2022
Run Sweetheart Run is somewhat entertaining, but its disjointed story, shallow message, and editing errors inevitably make it a rather forgetful film.
| Nov 11, 2022
'Run Sweetheart Run' covers many vital facets concerning racial dynamics and comments on the lack of feminine product accessibility.It’s only when the supernatural stylings take the wheel that things get lost in translation.
| Nov 10, 2022
Run Sweetheart Run takes on a welcome gravity as it barrels along.
| Original Score: B | Nov 3, 2022
For what it is, save for a strong performance from Ella Balinska, it’s also just not very good. There are a few schlocky thrills, but the message the film is trying to convey too often is overshadowed by the film’s preposterous turns.
| Nov 3, 2022
...a bottom-of-the-barrel attempt to fuse horror with real-world, me-too-inspired themes...
| Original Score: 0/4 | Nov 1, 2022
Run Sweetheart Run is heart-pounding and unsettling.
| Oct 31, 2022
The cat-and-mouse game that ensues begins like a straightforward thriller but gradually reveals itself to be a blunt-force metaphor that places misogyny and the patriarchy into the framework of a social horror movie.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 31, 2022
While its message is spooned on a bit thick, this brisk, biting horror pic with notes of comedy offers many nifty, prickly shocks and surprises, despite some plot shortcuts.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2022
The visceral nature of what’s taking place helps Run Sweetheart Run remain compelling.
| Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 29, 2022
Through a compelling cast, some out-of-this-world hilarity, twists, and terrific direction, Run Sweetheart Run merges impact with a delightfully demonic tale that gets better on rewatch.
| Oct 29, 2022
Run Sweetheart Run has a fierceness to its story that has to be admired, and paired with Ella Balinska’s committed performance, it is a must-watch.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 29, 2022
Run Sweetheart Run is a good film, but it could have been great. It’s got strong performances and an intriguing storyline. Sadly, too many questions and intrigues it raises remain unsolved.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 29, 2022
Feste handles the action and horror in “Run Sweetheart Run” well; and for those who can handle its more preposterous twists there are trashy pulp kicks to be had here.
| Oct 29, 2022
It’s a horror that will feel too real for most women and displays a sinister game of cat-and-mouse. Run Sweetheart Run is a pulse-pounding thriller.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 29, 2022
Run Sweetheart Run puts slasher movies and toxic masculinity in a blender while giving us a compelling main character who evolves from target into defiant Final Girl.
| Oct 29, 2022