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  • 2015
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary The beauty of the land cannot mask the brutality of a farm town. As harvest draws near, Betty confronts a terrifying new reality and will go to desperate lengths to save her family when they are threatened with being forced from their land. An old friend, struggling to keep his own farm profitable by any means necessary offers Betty a wa...

Directed By: Kimberly Levin

Written By: Kimberly Levin

  • 2015
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 30 m

Runoff

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary The beauty of the land cannot mask the brutality of a farm town. As harvest draws near, Betty confronts a terrifying new reality and will go to desperate lengths to save her family when they are threatened with being forced from their land. An old friend, struggling to keep his own farm profitable by any means necessary offers Betty a wa...

Directed By: Kimberly Levin

Written By: Kimberly Levin

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90
Jul 8, 2015
The universal theme of personal principle vs. human necessity gets a workout in languid but inexorably powerful morality play, Runoff.
By Bill Edelstein FULL REVIEW
88
Jun 26, 2015
I don't think Kimberly Levin's debut feature Runoff entirely works as a story or a statement. But as an experience, it's amazing — so unlike most other recent American independent films in its style and mood.
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Jun 22, 2015
This emotionally affecting film never loses sight of the ethical complexity of forsaking a community in the name of an individual.
By Nick Prigge FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 23, 2015
Kimberly Levin's Runoff deals with an old-as-time moral quandary — how far will you go to protect your family? — but the movie achieves an understated resonance through Levin's emotionally sensitive compositions and her clued-in portrayal of life in a middle-American farming community.
By Danny King FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 8, 2015
Edited by writer-director Levin, Runoff is the kind of film that finds power and pleasure in silence; many of its best scenes come in careful, long, quiet scenes of revelation or desperation.
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50
Jul 8, 2015
The threats faced in Runoff feel generic: predatory corporations, merciless banks, environmental contamination and encroaching industrialization just seem like overly familiar themes, lacking sustained suspense.
By Justin Lowe FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 23, 2015
The low energy pace and performances strive for naturalism but just don't achieve compelling tension or suspense.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Cantuckee Pictures, Reno Productions
Release Date Jun 26, 2015
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.facebook.com/runoffmovie
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Awards

Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Atlanta Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Sarasota Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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