Overview
Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her traumatic childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
How many times have we seen this story told in different ways before? Plenty, but that doesn’t matter. The talented people that made this movie threaded the needle and created a movie that told a very personal and compelling story. I can’t remember the last time that I saw hope and determination portrayed so well. Saoirse Ronan is such an underrated actress – it is a shame that she isn’t a bigger star than she is. Then again, if she was, maybe she wouldn’t make movies like these.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews The Outrun
Movie title: The Outrun
Movie description: Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her traumatic childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Date published: 2025-05-17
Director(s): Nora Fingscheidt
Actor(s): Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Nabil Elouahabi, Izuka Hoyle, Lauren Lyle, Stephen Dillane, Saskia Reeves, Naomi Wirthner, Tony Hamilton-Croft, Posy Sterling, Danyal Ismail, Scott Miller, Seamus Dillane, Paul Kulik, Freya Evans, David Garrick, Aniya Sekkanu, Liam Smith, Eilidh Fisher, Jacqui Hirst, Nicola Kilpatrick, Dawn Johnson, Jack Rooke, David Hills, Alexandre Afjool, Gillian Dearness, Tim Dodman, Louise McMenemy, Olivia Knight, Jack Knight, Jamie Crew, Isabelle Roux, Ammar Younis, Conrad Williamson, Kevin Shaw, Kristen Norquoy, Kyle Mackay, Ellis Tait, Sweyn Hunter, Paul Rendall, Linn Johansson, Matthew Coulton, Martin Gray, Paul Kulik, Aidan Smith, Robbie Fraser, Dave Gray
Genre: Drama
My Review
How many times have we seen this story told in different ways before? Plenty, but that doesn’t matter. The talented people that made this movie threaded the needle and created a movie that told a very personal and compelling story. I can’t remember the last time that I saw hope and determination portrayed so well. Saoirse Ronan is such an underrated actress – it is a shame that she isn’t a bigger star than she is. Then again, if she was, maybe she wouldn’t make movies like these.
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My Review - 8/10
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