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Run This Town

Play trailer 1:30 Poster for Run This Town R,  2020,  1h 38m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Watchlist 43% 35 Reviews Tomatometer 22% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
43% Tomatometer 35 Reviews 22% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
A journalist and a political aide become entangled in a larger-than-life scandal.
Run This Town

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Critics Consensus

While possessing honorable intentions and shining light on a well-known political scandal, Run This Town never quite outruns its potential.

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Christy Lemire FilmWeek (LAist) Mar 7, 2020
I never for a second forgot that I watching an actor under piles of makeup. Go to Full Review
Amy Nicholson FilmWeek (LAist) Mar 7, 2020
I did buy the freshness and the youth in this world of industries dying. Go to Full Review
Arielle Bernstein RogerEbert.com Mar 6, 2020
2/4
This is well-trod territory in 2020, explored richly in any number of TV shows and films, and the choice to center Run This Town on Millennial malaise is an odd one. Go to Full Review
Steven Warner In Review Online Jun 5, 2021
The film feels scattered, and its lack of a central rooting protagonist does nothing to help the situation. Go to Full Review
Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Jan 30, 2021
1.5/5
Jam packed and lightening-paced it hop scotches around, pausing only long enough to linger on a grotesque caricature of Rob "Show me some respect, will ya?" Ford. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Aug 12, 2020
1.5/4
It's almost astonishing just how misbegotten and uninvolving Run This Town is virtually from the get-go... Go to Full Review
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Ricky Tollman

Director

Ben Platt

Bram

Mena Massoud

Kamal

Nina Dobrev

Ashley

Scott Speedman

Actor

Jennifer Ehle

Actor

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Movie Info

Synopsis A journalist and a political aide become entangled in a larger-than-life scandal.
Director
Ricky Tollman
Producer
Jonathan Bronfman, Randy Manis, Ricky Tollman
Screenwriter
Ricky Tollman
Distributor
Quiver Distribution
Production Co
JoBro Productions & Film Finance, Manis Film, CounterNarrative Films
Rating
R (Language and Sexual References)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 6, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 6, 2020
Runtime
1h 38m
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