
Run Sweetheart Run
Run Sweetheart Run is a 2020 American supernatural horror film directed by Shana Feste from a screenplay by Feste, Keith Josef Adkins and Kellee Terrell. The film stars Ella Balinska, Pilou Asbæk, Dayo Okeniyi, Betsy Brandt, Ava Grey, Lamar Johnson, Jess Gabor, Clark Gregg, and Shohreh Aghdashloo.
Run Sweetheart Run
- Shana Feste
- Keith Josef Adkins
- Kellee Terrell[1]
- Jason Blum
- Effie T. Brown
- Shana Feste
- Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
- Ella Balinska
- Pilou Asbæk
- Dayo Okeniyi
- Betsy Brandt
- Ava Grey
- Lamar Johnson
- Jess Gabor
- Clark Gregg
- Shohreh Aghdashloo
Bartosz Nalazek
Dominic LaPerriere
- Blumhouse Productions
- Automatik Entertainment
- Quiet Girl Productions
- Gamechanger Films
- January 27, 2020Sundance) (
- October 28, 2022 (Prime Video)
104 minutes[3]
United States
English
Run Sweetheart Run had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and was released on October 28, 2022, by Amazon Studios.
Production[edit]
In June 2018, it was announced Shana Feste would direct the film, from a screenplay she wrote alongside Keith Josef Adkins and Kellee Terrell. Jason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Feste will serve as producers on the film, under their Blumhouse Productions, Automatik and Quiet Girl Productions banners, respectively.[4] In February 2019, Ella Balinska, Pilou Asbaek, Clark Gregg, Dayo Okeniyi, Betsy Brandt and Shohreh Aghdashloo joined the cast of the film.[5] Feste based the film on her real-life experiences of being a victim of a traumatizing date and sexual assault.[6]
Principal photography began in Los Angeles in February 2019.[7][8]
Release[edit]
It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020.[9] It was also scheduled to screen at South by Southwest on March 13, 2020, but the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11][12] It was scheduled to be released theatrically by Blumhouse Tilt and OTL Releasing on May 8, 2020,[13] but it was pulled from the schedule due to movie theater closures because of the pandemic restrictions.[14] In May 2020, Amazon Studios acquired distribution rights to the film, and released it digitally on Amazon Prime Video[15] on October 28, 2022.[16]
Critical reception[edit]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 62% of 52 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Run Sweetheart Run's heavy-handedness blunts the effectiveness of its message, but this remains a wily, unpredictable thriller."[17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave the film a score of 51 out of 100 based on 14 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[18]