Hit & Run

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Hit & Run

R

2012

1h 35m

Comedy

Action

Adventure

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Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a nice guy with a shady past as a getaway driver, breaks out of the witness protection program in a backwater California town to drive his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell), to Los Angeles for an important job interview. The pair's road trip takes an awkward and dangerous turn when they find that an inept federal agent (Tom Arnold) and the mobster (Bradley Cooper) he testified against are both trying to hunt them down.

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Critics Consensus

Though Hit & Run has some surprisingly oft-kilter filmmaking, the action doesn't add to much and the writing's a bit smug.

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Serena Donadoni

IndieWire

Oct 26, 2012

B+

Shepard wrote the script and co-directed with David Palmer (Brother's Justice), constructing an ideal vehicle for the real-life couple's spirited banter.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Oct 13, 2012

2/5

There is a lot of boring Clarksonian chatter about motorcars, but, inhibited by a modest budget, the stunts prove to be depressingly unspectacular.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Oct 11, 2012

2/5

It's amiable, but the more miles it clocks up, the more this film looks like a vanity vehicle for its co-director, writer and star, Dax Shepard.

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Dec 16, 2020

Hit & Run is very much hit and miss. The plot careers all over the place and a lot of the jokes definitely sputter, but with the laidback, goofy Shepard at the wheel, the film somehow keeps on the road.

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

Jul 30, 2020

C+

I went into Hit & Run with the lowest possible expectations, and even then I'm not so sure it met them.

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Jim Ross

TAKE ONE Magazine

Feb 13, 2020

HIT AND RUN is a film that turns out to be more than the sum of its parts, even if it ends up feeling a bit generic and stupid.

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David S

@PhaggotsAreTrash 5 days ago

Two bad dax shepard is a brain dead ret@rd!

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 6, 2026

Hit & Run is a *2.5* star Movie! So Why are people giving this a *5* star review!

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Jennifer M

@RT69417992 Mar 29, 2026

Hilarious! Love this movie and I’ve seen it several times. Action. Comedy. Romance. Big name actors. Don’t know why didn’t get better reviews. Maybe some people don’t get the quick and intelligent wit.

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Shawan L

@ShawanLLibang Mar 5, 2026

The film benefits from the natural chemistry between Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell, and Shepard’s passion for cars gives the chase scenes a refreshingly practical, old‑school feel. Whenever the movie leans into its relaxed road‑trip energy, it’s genuinely fun.But the tone wobbles, shifting between rom‑com, slapstick, and action without always finding balance. The humor is hit‑or‑miss, with several jokes feeling dated or forced, and the plot remains thin more a setup for banter and set pieces than a story with real momentum.

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Danny D

@mattopoo Mar 5, 2026

Does not know what it wants to be. Chase scenes lean from action to comedy and does neither well. Romance is sad as no matter how you slice it, it is two people getting together with little chance of successful relationship. (Example, one routinely criticizes the other for foolish things.) And comedy? Not really funny although a few dumb scenes may make you laugh. Overall, a very shallow film that may pass the time, but when it's done you're left with, "I should have watched something else." Also, throw in the abundant use of the F word, not limited to the funny or action way, which makes it more confusing as a supposed rom-com, even if those words are not hurled at each other.

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Belle P.

@Belle.P Jan 28, 2026

Cute but very goofy.

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Synopsis

Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a nice guy with a shady past as a getaway driver, breaks out of the witness protection program in a backwater California town to drive his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell), to Los Angeles for an important job interview. The pair's road trip takes an awkward and dangerous turn when they find that an inept federal agent (Tom Arnold) and the mobster (Bradley Cooper) he testified against are both trying to hunt them down.

Director: Dax Shepard, David Palmer
Producer: Andrew Panay, Nate Tuck, Kim Waltrip
Screenwriter: Dax Shepard
Distributor: Open Road
Production Co: Exclusive Media, Primate Pictures, Panay Films
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Content|Pervasive Language|Sexual References|Some Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.7M
Runtime: 1h 35m

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