Matt Oakes Silver Screen Riot Oct 15, 2026 C-

Ultimately, 'Runner Runner' is best left for a lazy Sunday when you're half-watching but mostly invested in your smartphone or a periphery conversation.

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Erin Tatum Bitch Flicks Jul 8, 2026

We are forced to contend with lukewarm machismo and endless male posturing from start to finish. Director Brad Furman really should’ve known when to fold.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 22, 2022 1.5/4

Though the film is over before it ever gets going, the good-looking cast doesn’t make the substance-free story worth enduring.

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Kip Mooney College Movie Review Sep 17, 2021 D+

The slickest piece of garbage you'll see all year.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Dec 4, 2020 5/10

Devoid of the flair of excelling in anything specific.

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Adam Lowes CineVue Mar 5, 2019 3/5

Runner Runner is a slick, daft and unabashedly entertaining Hollywood thriller. It doesn't do anything new with the formula, but it knows how to engineer it in the correct way.

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Abbie Bernstein Assignment X Jan 25, 2019 B-

Runner Runner looks great and has the virtue of moving quickly under Brian Furman's direction, but it plays like a big-budget but otherwise average episode of a TV show about slightly shady people trying to bring down really shady people.

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Sarah Gopaul Digital Journal Oct 26, 2018

While the script seems very concerned with the formula, it glosses over the details. Everything in the film happens very easily, from losing money to getting close to the highly-protected Block to organizing a counter plan.

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Francesca Rudkin New Zealand Herald Sep 8, 2017 2/5

No matter how good all this looks, there's not enough tension to keep us on our toes and not enough depth of character to make us care how it all plays out.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk Sep 6, 2017 2/5

The leads, including a demeaned Gemma Arterton, are sparkling high-rollers but no one really emerges a winner from this forgettable low-risk, low-stakes drama.

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Nathan Bartlebaugh The Film Stage Jun 22, 2016 C-

There may have been a good movie somewhere in Runner Runner but it's not even in sight as it stands nows.

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J. Olson Cinemixtape Apr 17, 2016 2/5

The story is so inconsequential that the best performances in the world would hardly make a dent in its snooze-worthy screenplay.

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Lee Zachariah Concrete Playground Feb 28, 2014

Ultimately, Runner Runner is really just a movie designed to provide some background noise as you update your Facebook.

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Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) Dec 27, 2013

Mixes the vacuous and tedious, slick and predictable, smarmy and smug. There's gambling lingo, racism or sleaziness spouting from the mouths of male a**holes, conversations steaming with banal bluster, and tropical scenes out of perfume and liqueur ads.

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John Hanlon Big Hollywood Dec 24, 2013 1.0/5

A bland retelling of a familiar story that lies in the shadow of smarter and sleeker films like 'The Firm.'

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Nov 13, 2013 1/4

...it's ultimately impossible to downplay the rampant ineffectiveness of virtually every aspect of the proceedings.

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Tyler Chase Paste Magazine Oct 31, 2013 5.5/10

Its pedigree may seem like a trump card, but make no mistake -- Runner Runner is bluffing.

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Robert Kojder What Culture Oct 30, 2013 2/5

Five years from now, I can see this movie constantly slotted on networks like USA and TNT to fill the programming gaps.

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Jackie K. Cooper jackiekcooper.com Oct 22, 2013 4/10

Justin Timberlake can not carry a movie on his own and this one sinks under his efforts. Still the plot of the movie is pretty much run of the mill in its own right

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Matt Glasby Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Oct 17, 2013 2/5

There's nothing glaringly wrong with it, but it's so glossily mediocre that it's impossible to recommend to anyone not contemplating a lengthy plane journey.

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