Run This Town
Oscilloscope | Release Date: March 6, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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60
VarietyJoe LeydonMar 4, 2020
Run This Town offers some sharp observations about the struggle to provide anything like watchdog journalism in an age of diminished budgets and readership. Read full review
60
Screen RantHannah HoolihanMar 4, 2020
Thankfully, both Platt and Massoud shine in their respective roles. They take the characters that Tollman wrote and make them layered, complex, and enthralling to the viewer. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comArielle BernsteinMar 6, 2020
Throughout the film, Ford’s behavior, which should be in the foreground of this story, seems to curiously fade to the back. Read full review
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The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMar 5, 2020
The movie never quite reconciles its assorted perspectives into a coherent point of view. Read full review
42
Original-CinJim SlotekMar 4, 2020
I’m not sure why director Ricky Tollman would take a real story that practically writes itself and write something else. It’s hard to follow what he’s trying to say with Run This Town, but it’s said awkwardly, without much regard to reality. The cast are all engaging and terrifically talented. But the story they’re given is a narrative straitjacket that even the best actors couldn’t save. Read full review
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