Running on Empty Reviews

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
May 17, 2011
It's the Lumet film I like best.
Full Review | Original Score: A-
Scott G. Mignola
Common Sense Media
January 2, 2011
Wraps around your heart and squeezes.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
June 18, 2005
River Phoenix gives an Oscar nominated performance as the teenage son of radical parents in Sidney Lumet's interesting but not entirely satisfying politicial melodrama.
Full Review | Original Score: B
Fr. Chris Carpenter
Catholic Sun
April 8, 2005
Original Score: 4/5
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
October 8, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
September 20, 2003
A touching, forgotten drama about a family of radicals still running from the consequences of their actions. River Phoenix, Lahti and Hirsch all are wonderful. A must-see.
Original Score: 4/5
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
September 5, 2003
Original Score: 3/5
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
July 10, 2003
One of the most poignant and edifying films made in the 1980s about the blessings and burdens of family life.
Full Review
Caffeinated Clint
Moviehole
September 17, 2002
A tour-de-force in acting. Phoenix is a revelation!
Original Score: 4/5
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
July 31, 2002
Original Score: 2/5
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
January 1, 2001
Original Score: 3/5
Top Critic
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
January 1, 2000
These are people who have made a choice and are living with the consequences, and during the course of the film they will have to re-evaluate their decisions.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
Top Critic
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
September 7, 1988
Original Score: 2/4