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Was it the best movie I've ever seen? No.

It felt a little long and drawn out, but production quality and acting was strong. Even the storyline ended up coming full circle and giving the audience resolution and answers to the questions which I really appreciated. Usually this type of movie will end up leaving you to feel confused or they'll leave you on a cliff hanger. I appreciate that things were explained and that the story made sense in the end.

I loved the creepy/eerie shots. Like when they would stare at the black hole in the fireplace or staring into the black empty dresser. I feel like the storyline compares to movies like Hide and Seek (2005) or The Watcher (2022), but it had a very dark, unsettling, eerie feeling that compared to The Witch (2015) and Hereditary (2018). It's nowhere near as scary as either or those movies, but the music and camera work had similarities.

If you enjoy thriller or horror, then I think it's worth a try. Especially with the lack of horror movies and thrillers on the market right now.

Saw this back at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

The story is about a Fertility doctor named Sarah begins her beloved daughter Mia's seventh birthday expecting nothing amiss. But as an ominous wind swirls in, Sarah's carefully controlled world begins to alter. Australian director Daina Reid takes influence on slow-burn artsy style horror movies like "The Babadook" and tries to create a chilly horror story about ghosts, children, and past. However, despite gorgeous camerawork and a great performance from Sarah Snook, "Run Rabbit Run" suffers from inconsistent narrative and uneven pacing. Reid no doubt does offer some interesting ideas and her talents are exposed. But the problem is that the film doesn't have a clear tone what it wants to be and the positive moments are overshadowed by dull writing and really unlikeable characters.

The production design is pretty simple but it helped to create the Australian landscape setting and creepiness. The performances are a mix of good and bad. As I mentioned Snook's performance was excellent as she was able to capture the emotions of her character but the performances from Lily LaTorre and Damon Herriman while they try their best, it didn't work as their performances were over or underacted. None of the characters were really investing and some of them really comes off as frustrating and I wish they were given enough depth but unfortunately had no emotionally barring to connect with. The story provides an interesting concept and scenario but the writing struggles to maintain itself and becomes really bland and predictable. I don't mind slow pace films as I enjoy art-house and slow pace films if the writing was done well. But here, the pacing ruins much of the films tension as the uneven pacing creates more of a dullness experience rather than feeling of being scared. Australian cinema is no strange to horror films as there are some great ones out there but there are also some really garbage ones as well. Here, it's not terrible but it just didn't work for me.

Rating: C.

Sarah Snook definitely nailed the part. She was the film's saving grace. All the actors were fantastic.

But alas, this movie was just too slow. I understand the need for character development, but there were just too many disjointed holes and illogical decisions made in the plot.

Also, why is it so trendy all of a sudden to make so-called horror movies so crazily dark? Don't these people have lights in their homes?

Little, Mia, or Alice, or whomever, doesn't do anything anyone tells her, so why does her mum keep leaving her in the house and telling her not to leave? What does she think is going to happen?

The movie is a bit of a mess, but still watchable. I wound up hating the mom, lol.

'Run Rabbit Run' is everything I hate in a horror film. An unrealistic story, that isn't scary or horrifying in any way and features extremely annoying characters that are impossible to care for. This was a tough watch for all the wrong reasons.

The film has no point. It has no reason for the audience to be invested. There are no stakes. You could say we are supposed to be curious about the explanation to what is going on, but the film isn't exactly subtle. We have the gist of what is happening, we just need some minor details filled in. It isn't enough.

But if you're in the mood for 100 minutes of a mother and daughter screaming at each other then this might just be the film for you. However, if you're like me and that sounds like the worst thing in the world, then chances are you'll detest watching this one as much as I did. 3/10.

What a disappointment. A good premise and an interesting first act that leads nowhere. A film that constantly revolves around the same thing, wrapped in a web that it can't unravel, becoming repetitive, unengaging, and predictable. Grief, trauma and a sense of guilt are big themes here and they proportionate some good scenes, but it becomes too much of the same, not justifying its duration at all.

Sarah Snook tries to swim against the tide, but even she becomes tiresome, having to go in circles in this story. To top it off, an ending that doesn't reward us for anything at all. This should have been good.

While the premise may not have been anything groundbreaking as it resembles films and themes we've seen before, Sarah Snook delivers a sensational and captivating performance that is well worth it. An absolute joy to watch and definitely an actor to keep your eye on in the years to come as she continues to prove herself as one of the most talented actors of her generation. The cinematography is another strong point in this film with Australia playing an impressive part in the mise-en-scene. And hats off to the young Lily LaTorre for her eerie and dedicated performance. It may not be as fast paced of a film as a lot of moviegoers hope for but it offers ample space for the nuanced performances by our two leads.

Yeah, it's an Australian film, with a significantly lower budget than anything Hollywood has to offer but the suggestion that it's not a real horror movie is both ignorant and shows the excessive level of gore and action needed for a brainless and desensitised generation.

It was more a thriller horror; but one that followed the likes of a more old school style.. slow build up (which a lot of people now don't have the patience to sit through), eeriness with some mild violence (rather than excessive blood and guts, just for the sake of it), and again, an obviously lower budget, though I felt the setting and style made it more creepy than expensive, clean film work.

Anyone who gave this a lot score clearly doesn't actually appreciate film.. they just need something loud and chaotic, to distract them from their boring reality.

If you want to waste your time then press play. Very painful to watch, extremely uninteresting, very predictable, they could of turned this to something mind-blowing but chose the boring route.

I must say, when I mean it is painful to watch, it gets even worse... you want to keep watching just to make sure you really predicted right, but they extend it so long and generally the plot is so slow developing, which makes this the most irritating experience ever. I am unhappy with Netflix that they keep showing such failures as top 10 movies... like really? I feel like their top 10 is getting worse and worse!

Sarah gets increasingly more concerned with her daughter Mia's behaviour, after her birthday party, Mia puts on a creepy mask, and claims she's now Alice.

Is it just me, or does every single new film that comes out seen to have score of about 5.3 or so, it's almost assured these days.

For what it's worth, I really did enjoy it, a solid, imaginative Australian horror thriller, well paced, with several surprising moments. It is jam packed with atmosphere, it's one of those films that has you on edge the whole time.

You know whenever you see a bunny rabbit at a birthday party that there's going to be trouble.

Sarah Snook puts in a very solid performance as Sarah, but young Lily LaTorre is excellent as Mia, she's such a troubled child, she manages to make her character so sincere, believable.

7/10.

It started with a lot of promise, the right amount of tension, engaging actors and a story that was worth following for about half an hour. Then bang, suddenly the stereotypical features of a horror film start gliding in - the unexplained appearance of the bunny, the disappearing photo frames and all with no connection to the story that was vaguely being established. Unfortunately the drama within the horror fails. Sarah Snook does her very best but the role is underwritten and goes nowhere in the end. The idea that her character is evil isn't established at all so when she's suddenly hurting others in the film it really falls flat.

Such a shame because it started very well but the writing didn't hold up and should have had some serious script consultancy. If you love horror then you can give this a miss.

I usually like this kind of film and I wholeheartedly went into it since there were only 2 reviews at the time! If I had known that this film is so slow and makes you hoping something, just something please happen, I wouldn't have wasted my time! That's essentially how I feel , that I wasted my time! Even though I have to applaud the acting abilities of the main character and even her daughter the movie just stretched on and on. The film deals with the concept of something bad happened in the past but the main protagonist doesn't remember ( or does she?) We are made believe that the grand mother is evil ( but is she , really?) What role does the grand father play in all this? Without giving anything away there was not much horror and suspense, not enough to keep me from pausing and getting up several times to do chores ! The ending also is very disappointing! Overall the whole film feels spliced together with different people popping in and out at different times and having no impact on the story! I don't think it's worth watching but if you don't mind the slow pace go ahead!

It may seem strange that the music is my first mention of what's lacking with this movie, but the music exactly reflects the storyline and plot, long, drawn out, repetitive and nauseatingly misguided. If a neighbour straining across the Cello at 3am after an emotional hiccup Isn't likely to annoy you, then enjoy. If however you're in any way reasonable, you'll likely find this film too affected in it's misguided belief that the story is in any way original or unpredictable. From the little girl to the lead actress, Sarah Snook (who isn't any different here to the role she plays in Succession, comfy trouser-pants and all) the film is a diatribe of annoyance and irritation. It's so easy to figure out and despite the mewling Cello music, there are no jump scares and it's entirely as expected, mediocre and miserable. Greta Scacchi was wasted and could have had a better, bigger role and the writing really let down the cast. It simply didn't work as a haunting psychological thriller and there were many directions it could have gone but didn't. The writing and direction asked the audience to suspend their disbelief for too long, promising something terrible to come, yet delivering nothing but a mentally unstable women, something that even the Rabbit picked up on from the outset. The rest was a slog and not worth the time or effort.

I love a good Australian flick. This movie, like The Dry with Eric Bana, I enjoyed.

Guilt and grief are like stalking tigers whilst you've got your back turned. It's only a matter of time. Poor Sarah had her back turned for too long before she got metaphorically eaten by her tiger.

I enjoyed the crescendo of the mood with that haunting cello music/sound. Could have done with a little more of that "supernatural/psychological" subtlety in the beginning. I enjoy looking at those haunting moments in the back ground, when the camera isn't directly on them.

Reminded me a little like another Australian thriller/horror movie that came out a couple of years ago - I won't give the name, lest we head into spoiler territory.