Run & Jump 2014

Critics score:
89 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Sara Stewart, New York Post: Peake does a wonderful job conveying her character's essential young-at-heartness despite a heavy load of responsibilities and grief, and Forte shines as the tentative Ted learning to step off of life's sidelines. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: It's sensitive and winsome, like a modestly budgeted independent film should be. Read more

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: Insightful and often touching ... Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Steph Green's debut feature captures the beauty of an obviously flawed family with remarkable warmth and immediacy. Read more

Kyle Ryan, AV Club: Forte's strength in playing awkward characters works to his advantage. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Writer-director Steph Green develops it so patiently and notes its emotional dislocations so carefully that it never descends into cliche. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: "Run & Jump" pretty much paints itself into a corner, but it has a nice time getting there. Read more

Jennifer Miller, Film.com: This new phase of Forte's career as a dramatic actor is promising. Read more

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: Keogan and Green's resolution, which underplays melodrama and avoids sentimentality, is unusually (and, given the characters' natures, appropriately) restrained. Read more

Inkoo Kang, Los Angeles Times: Though Forte might be the draw, veteran British actress Maxine Peake is the showstopper of Green's family drama set in Ireland. Peake is charisma incarnate as Vanetia ... Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Peake provides the solid center for a movie that would otherwise melt into indie formula. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: "Run & Jump" is as real and messy as life itself. Read more

Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com: "Run & Jump" is surprisingly alive, full of jolts and unexpected bursts of humor and earned emotion. Read more

Chris Packham, Village Voice: Maxine Peake is a revelation in Run & Jump, communicating vitality and extraordinary optimism that practically bleeds out and infects the visuals. Read more