Run Sweetheart Run

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Run Sweetheart Run

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2020

1h 43m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Initially apprehensive when her boss insists she meet with one of his most important clients, single mom Cherie (Ella Balinska) is relieved and excited when she meets charismatic Ethan (Pilou Asbæk). The influential businessman defies expectations and sweeps Cherie off her feet. But at the end of the night, when the two are alone together, he reveals his true, violent nature. Battered and terrified, she flees for her life, beginning a relentless game of cat-and-mouse with a bloodthirsty assailant hell-bent on her utter destruction. In this edge-of-your-seat dark thriller, Cherie finds herself in the crosshairs of a conspiracy stranger and more evil than she could have ever imagined.

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Critics Consensus

Run Sweetheart Run's heavy-handedness blunts the effectiveness of its message, but this remains a wily, unpredictable thriller.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

10/29/2022

Feste handles the action and horror in “Run Sweetheart Run” well; and for those who can handle its more preposterous twists there are trashy pulp kicks to be had here.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

10/28/2022

2.5/4

Feste’s overall ambition and craftsmanship, along with a fantastic central performance from Ella Balinska, hold things together even over the film’s rocky patches.

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Matt Schimkowitz

AV Club

10/27/2022

C+

Run Sweetheart Run comes from a well-observed point of view that roughly 50% of the world’s population shares. But its singular focus is shortsighted, holding the movie back from delivering effective scares.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

10/20/2023

Downright intense survival horror film with a lot of malice projected toward not just predators, but the society that nurtures the predators.

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan (Medium)

09/08/2023

It’s an overambitious film that attempts to take the leap with its critical ideas of how society treats women.

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Nicholas Bell

Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)

07/27/2023

2.5/5

Run Sweetheart Run is often more visually arresting than its consistently diminishing narrative, leading inevitably to the finish line of daybreak and the femme dom justice which the film wouldn’t have dared to exclude.

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Wid T

@RT48036489 May 15

So you wanna tell me that this movie got more stars than the movie MICHAEL????? You can NOT be serious! This movie was so silly and random. This girl couldn't even defend herself from the creep touching her jn the bus to becoming "Female Rambo" at the end???? HAHAHA nah sorry... more of a comedy rhan a serious Horror

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Norma R

@Nileana Mar 5

Silly, unconnected plot. It gives the impression it comes from a bunch of cinema students with no talent but some daddy’s money to spend. No merit in the story at all, you could ask AI and it would deliver a better one. The acting isn’t brilliant either, specially the guy playing Ethan. No depth, no character, nothing to see here. The whole menstrual blood fixation feels cheap, with zero justification in a forced narrative. It’s unbelievable it took three people to do such an inferior screenwriting. Rather than emphasising the problem it pretends to point, ends up trivialising it. In the end, male predator behaviour is of course, no men responsibility but a "the devil made me do it" repetitive argument.

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Mark S

@RT04394929 Nov 19

Preposterous plot jumps down your throat within 15mins, I could not swallow such an undigestible lump and had to switch it off, what is wrong with screenwriters nowadays?

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Whyte S

@RT05204988 Sep 21

It has a fantastic first half, with genuine suspense and horror and dread. Mid-way through, you can feel they wrote themselves into a corner and struggled to write themselves out of it.

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Charles P

@RT36323923 07/08/2025

Honestly couldn't finish it - would rate it no stars if possible the script is so insipid and the acting so bad - but YMMV.

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Wes W

@WesWatches 04/20/2025

Way better "vampire" flick than Sinners (2025)

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Initially apprehensive when her boss insists she meet with one of his most important clients, single mom Cherie (Ella Balinska) is relieved and excited when she meets charismatic Ethan (Pilou Asbæk). The influential businessman defies expectations and sweeps Cherie off her feet. But at the end of the night, when the two are alone together, he reveals his true, violent nature. Battered and terrified, she flees for her life, beginning a relentless game of cat-and-mouse with a bloodthirsty assailant hell-bent on her utter destruction. In this edge-of-your-seat dark thriller, Cherie finds herself in the crosshairs of a conspiracy stranger and more evil than she could have ever imagined.

Director: Shana Feste
Producer: Shana Feste, Effie Brown, Jason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Screenwriter: Shana Feste, Keith Josef Adkins, Kellee Terrell
Production Co: Quiet Girl Productions, Blumhouse Productions, Gamechanger Films, Automatik Entertainment, Stuck On On
Rating: R (Horror Violence|Brief Nudity|Bloody Images|Language|Some Sexual References)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 28, 2022
Runtime: 1h 43m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1