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See How They Run

See How They Run

2022

Tom George

Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson ...

5.7

4,074

Thriller. Mystery. Comedy A desperate Hollywood film producer sets out to turn a popular play into a film. When members of the production are murdered, world-weary Inspector Stoppard and rookie Constable Stalker find themselves in the midst of a puzzling whodunit.

	Media	Author	Review
		Ian Freer Empire	"[It] is the whodunnit as hoot, with lots of laughs, oodles of style and played with verve by a quality cast. It also reconfirms Saoirse Ronan as a comedy god (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"A delightfully absurd Mousetrap send-up (...) very funny new whodunit does for Agatha Christie what Scream did for the slasher movie – goosing the formula with winks and tickles. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"There's nothing ground-breaking about 'See How They Run' (...) But thanks to the inspired lunacy of Rockwell and Ronan, it's a wicked fun whodunit that goes down easy"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A likable whodunnit comedy (...) likably silly and relentlessly camp (...) I’d like to see Rockwell and Ronan reunited for a complete new detective franchise (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Despite the promise of that title, this wheezing romp slows to a limp"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"A solidly constructed piece of lightweight entertainment with terrific period-piece costumes and sets, and suitably theatrical performances from a talented cast that is clearly enjoying itself while delivering a quality spoof. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"If you know what 'The Mousetrap' is, you’ll get a kick out of 'See How They Run'. If you don’t recognize the title 'The Real Inspector Hound', maybe not (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Amy Nicholson Variety	"A retro homage that surprises audiences with giggles and suspense."
		Emma Kiely Collider	"A derivative amalgamation of too much tribute and too little originality. Don't get me wrong, it's fun, but it's ultimately pretty forgettable (...) It's worth checking out just for the cast itself"
		Teo Bugbee The New York Times	"With a sprightly wit and an all-star cast to bring it to life, the movie manages to be a loving parody of theater gossips, postwar London and Christie’s murder mysteries all at once."
		Jason Bailey The Playlist	"Comedy is all about timing, and the timing here is all off, so the laughs are disturbingly few. What a missed opportunity this is"
		Chris Barsanti Slant	"The film breaks little new ground but is at least a notable improvement on, well, 'The Mousetrap' (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Hoai-Tran Bui SlashFilm	"It's fun, and frothy, and clever enough that it makes for an easygoing hour and a half watch"
		Jude Dry IndieWire	"An Agatha Christie homage that lacks her finesse (...) If the play's the thing, someone should have read it more closely"
		Brittany Witherspoon Screen Rant	"Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell hold this script together because of their performances. However, they might have made for a more fascinating pair had the script given their characters any sort of personality (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"It is still a silly if slight affair, playful without ever being weighty (...) it definitely deserves a decent repertory run (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Matt Donato IGN	"A humorous whodunit at the expense of Agatha Christie mysteries, always lovingly done and well-acted enough to elevate its rather easily detectable agenda"
		Gabriella Geisinger Digital Spy	"This is what's best about 'See How They Run' is that it knows this. It knows what you're expecting and it delivers, but also subverts by playing into an audience's intelligence as well as its pathos (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Leigh Monson AV Club	"An overly self-aware genre exercise, competent enough, but all too eager to shoot any attempted subtlety dead where it stands"
		M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"'See How They Run' is a delicious whodunit (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Gary M. Kramer Salon	"'See How They Run' starts out as a fleet comic mystery, but it quickly loses it fizz and turns into flat champagne"
		Dan Callahan The Wrap	"Proves far too complicated to execute for Tom George and Mark Chappell, who resort to clumsy flashbacks and pointless split-screen sequences without ever finding the right tone for their movie"
		Oli Welsh Polygon	"'See How They Run' is neither as clever as the creators think it is, nor as stupid as it sometimes pretends to be (...) Rating: ★★★★★★★ (out of 10)"

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