“Run Rabbit Run” is a production of an independent film company from Australia, but the film generated a lot of media interest already at the stage of announcing the cast and crew. First, it was announced that Daina Reid, known for her work on The Handmaid’s Tale, would direct, and the star of the famous series, Elisabeth Moss, was to play the main role in the production. Later, however, it turned out that she would not take part in the project, and her place was taken by an actress known from the equally sensational series, Sarah Snook from “Succession”.
Netflix users warn about this horror
The main character of “Run Rabbit Run” is an infertility doctor who has a rational approach to the world. But when he notices his daughter’s strange behavior, he must put his values to the test and confront the ghosts of his past. The screenplay was written by writer Hannah Kent, and the cast also included, among others, Lily LaTorre, Damon Herriman, and Greta Scacchi. Here’s what the teaser looks like:
On Netflix, horror viewers from various (but not all) regions of the world can watch from June 28, and they do it in droves. The film hit the third place of the most watched English-language films globally. Despite the license restrictions, users spent 14,200,200 hours viewing “Run Rabbit Run”, which, with the new method of counting statistics that also takes into account the length of production, gives 8,400,000 million views. The Australian horror hit the Top 10 charts in Canada, USA, Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy (even number 1), Malta, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Reunion, South Africa, Cyprus, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand.
List of the most popular English-language movies on the platform – Last week of June 2023 / Early July 2023 Netflix Top 10 Global
However, the reviews for the film are not good. Although reviewers admit that several roles are really well played, in their opinion, the whole thing suffers from a weak plot and excessive reliance on hackneyed horror clichés. On the website Rotten Tomatoes, the average rating from 80 reviews by professional film critics is only 38 percent. And as it turns out, this time the reviewers were kinder than the audience – here the rating is even lower and amounts to 26 percent. Viewers even warn each other on social media against wasting time, he reports
As we read in Inga Parkel’s text, such entries appeared on Twitter: “Don’t waste two hours of your life”, “‘Run Rabbit Run’ sucks, don’t watch it”, “It really is as bad as people say. A terrible disappointment”, “It could have been one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen”. Others add, “If you’re thinking of watching ‘Run Rabbit Run’, don’t,” “That’s two hours of my life I’ll never get back.” Of course, not everyone is so dissatisfied with the screening. Parkel reports that opinions are emerging that it’s actually a “great horror movie” that’s “pretty well done, especially for an Australian movie.” Some people are not able to understand why the production has such bad reviews on
Printscreen from 07/05/23 RottenTomates.com / reviews for ‘Run Rabbit Run’
However, Polish Netflix users cannot form an opinion on this subject. Although the psychological horror film had its world premiere on January 19, 2023 at the prestigious Sundance Independent Film Festival, and soon after it was announced that Ale bought the global screening rights, with some notable exceptions, because in the case of several strategic regions, the competition won the screening license.
The list of countries where Netflix cannot show productions in such a turnover includes, among others: just Poland. According to the service, the distribution rights to “Run Rabbit Run” in the Benelux countries, Israel and Eastern Europe are held by SPI International, in Latin America by California Filmes, and in the case of Scandinavian countries the agreement was concluded by NonStop. This is not the end, because separate agreements have also been signed by: NOS Lusomondo (Portugal), Falcon Films (Middle East), Moviecloud (Taiwan), Acme Film (Baltic States), Intercontinental Film Distributors (Hong Kong and Macau), Pioneer (Philippines) and Pictureworks (India).
Source: Gazeta
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