Run & Jump (2014)
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Cast
as Vanetia Casey
as Dr. Ted Fielding
as Conor Casey
as Nora
as Tara
as Lenny
as Noni
as Susan
as Simon
as Fergus
as Paddy
as Old Man
as Coach Gary
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Critic Reviews for Run & Jump
All Critics (36) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (4)
Honest, and within touching distance of real poignancy.
This film's subject matter is gloomy but, interestingly, this is not a gloomy film. Instead, it is spilling with warmth, humour, colour, life, plus the weather is mostly nice.
Few surprises yet packs an emotional punch.
Forte and Peake excel in a notable debut from Green that marks her out as a director to watch.
An impressive showcase for an array of seasoned talents and emerging masters.
An impressive showcase for an array of seasoned talents and emerging masters.
Audience Reviews for Run & Jump
An American neurologist bunks with an Irish family to study the eccentric behavior of the brain-damaged father who's recovering from a stroke; naturally, his objectivity erodes as he becomes emotionally involved with the wife and children. Mature drama that would have benefited from brisker pacing.
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"Run & Jump" starts with Vanetia(Maxine Peake) bringing her husband Conor(Edward MacLiam), a woodworker, home from the hospital after a stroke left him in a coma for a month and in the hospital for four more. Needing money, she lets Ted(Will Forte), a neuroscientist, into the home, not to aid with Conor's recovery which has gone as far as it can but to observe for a paper he is writing, displacing Lenny(Brendan Morris) who is being bullied from his room. "Run & Jump" is an offbeat and engaging look at the adjustments a family makes after an unthinkable tragedy, proving that there is no such thing as an impartial or invisible observer. Of particular interest is the way the movie does not offer up any easy solutions or magic bullets. As unpredictable as the movie can be while set in rural Ireland which can be simultaneously comforting and provincial, there are maybe certain story elements that I should have seen coming but didn't. Some of that comes down to the high level of performances, especially a vibrant Maxine Peake as the music-loving lynchpin of the family and Will Forte knowing enough again to keep out of the way.
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