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  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary After 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. Thoug...

Directed By: Steph Green

Written By: Ailbhe Keogan, Steph Green

  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2014
  • Unrated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m

Run & Jump

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary After 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. Thoug...

Directed By: Steph Green

Written By: Ailbhe Keogan, Steph Green

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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90
Jan 20, 2014
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.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 20, 2014
Steph Green's first feature has more going for it than a solid dramatic turn by Will Forte.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 24, 2014
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.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 20, 2014
Despite the affecting drama and performances, Run and Jump just never feels more that perfunctory in this regards.
By Gabe Toro FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 21, 2014
Maxine Peake is a revelation in Run & Jump, communicating vitality and extraordinary optimism that practically bleeds out and infects the visuals.
By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW
60
May 19, 2014
Forte and Peake excel in a notable debut from Green that marks her out as a director to watch.
By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 23, 2014
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.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW

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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
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Irish Film and Television Awards
• 3 Nominations
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Galway Film Fleadh
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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