Another entry into the "fuck them kids" canon, "Run Rabbit Run" sees a mother (Sarah Snook) gradually disintegrating when her daughter Mia (Lily LaTorre) decides her name is actually Alice, which was also the name of ma's long-missing sister. Naturally, this triggers a journey to the unravelling of a decades-old mystery that puts mother and daughter in the path of peril. Well, I say it's a myster but let's face it: the truth about Sarah's past is plainly obvious early on and watching this movie lamely stumble towards the truth while unsuccessfully trying to wring horror from its borrowed "kids are creepy" bag of tricks isn't exactly high entertainment. It doesn't help that the whole movie has this washed-out look that's probably meant to complement the barren Aussie setting but really just compounds the movie's overall glibness. Also, how useless are the supporting characters in this movie? Half the problems that crop up for Sarah and Mia could be resolved by taking the obvious step of removing the kid, however weird she may be, from a pretty sus living situation. But I guess the movie has to manufacture that predictable closing scene somehow, so let's not worry about logic. A bad, boring movie.
