Run

"You can't escape a mother's love."

2020 1h 30m EN

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 3,005

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Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.

“You can't escape a mother's love.”

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Cast

Sarah Paulson
Mother / Diane
Kiera Allen
Daughter / Chloe
Pat Healy
Mailman
Sara Sohn
Nurse
Erik Athavale
Doctor
BJ Harrison
Meeting Leader
Sharon Bajer
Pharmacist
Onalee Ames
Crying Hands

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aneesh Chaganty
Writers: Aneesh Chaganty, Sev Ohanian, George Freeman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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5 / 8

CAST

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242+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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ERA

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Directed by Aneesh Chaganty, shot by Hillary Spera. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Torin Borrowdale. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Will Merrick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Aneesh Chaganty directs. Hillary Spera behind the camera. Torin Borrowdale scores. Will Merrick cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.
4Released 6 years ago.
5242+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Aneesh Chaganty, shot by Hillary Spera. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Torin Borrowdale. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Will Merrick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Sarah Paulson and Kiera Allen and Pat Healy carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "You can't escape a mother's love.".
11IMDB entry: tt8633478 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 12 themes, including "small town", "wheelchair user ", "homeschooling", "single mother".
13Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Hillary Spera
Original score: Torin Borrowdale
Editing: Will Merrick
Production design: Jean-Andre Carriere
Costume design: Heather Neale
Makeup / hair: Doug Morrow
VFX supervisor: Raoul Bolognini
Sound: P.K. Hooker
Stunt coordinator: Rick Skene
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $1,000,000
Box office: $5,491,510
Return: 549% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Run (2020)

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Manuel São Bento2020-12-08
★ 8/10
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com Aneesh Chaganty's Searching was enough to add its debutant director-screenwriter to my list of "filmmakers to follow closely". Run solidifies Chaganty's place in Hollywood as one of the most technically impressive directors working today. His undeniable talent allows him to effortlessly generate incredible suspense throughout the movie's entire runtime, and his second feature-film is no exception. Possessing the type of premise I enjoy the most in thrillers, Chaganty and Sev Ohanian's screenplay is packed with excruciatingly long takes, filled with extremely tense dialogues, shocking developments, and a brutal amount of pain. All are enormously elevated by one of the most physically-demanding, emotionally powerful performances I've seen in the last few years: Kiera Allen, who uses a wheelchair for mobility in real-life, turns her acting debut into a genuine, realistic display of the challenging obstacles people with her condition have to overcome daily. Sarah Paulson continues her trend of playing truly evil characters, and I advise her to keep following this dark path of phenomenal interpretations. Her interactions with Kiera are remarkably intense. Story-wise, even though the constant revelations are narratively shocking, most of the script's developments are somewhat predictable. However, the "movie logic" problems stretch believability to a point beyond my limit, ultimately becoming one of those films people will either deeply enjoy or really hate depending on how nitpicky they choose to be. I'm as moderate as I can be, and the truth is, I didn't really think about these logical issues during the actual viewing. Having in mind Run's brilliant technical attributes (notably Nick Johnson and Will Merrick's editing, and Torin Borrowdale's score), its two impressive lead performances, and its endless suspenseful atmosphere, I can't help but recommend it to every fan of the genre. Rating: B+
Tejas Nair2021-05-10
★ 8/10
I watched a lot of movies and it had been a long time (over the pandemic year/s) since I have seen such a gripping thriller involving a family. In Run, a mother and a daughter's relationship starts to strain when the latter suspects her mother is doing ill on her. As you continue to guess what it might be, Run takes you by surprise. It delivers the goods and it keeps you hooked till the last second. Go, watch it already!
grace2025-04-16
the film was good overall, but the manipulation and gaslighting were too easy to spot right off the bat. i don’t know if the director intended for it to be like that to show how chloe has been dealing with this her whole life. the plot twist towards the end was unexpected, which was nice. i also wish that chloe could’ve killed her “mom” on her own to break out of the mold that disabled people are helpless against their attackers.