Running on Empty Reviews
May 17, 2011
It's the Lumet film I like best.
Full Review
| Original Score: A-
January 2, 2011
Wraps around your heart and squeezes.
Full Review
| Original Score: 4/5
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.
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| Original Score: B
April 8, 2005
Original Score: 4/5
October 8, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
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
September 5, 2003
Original Score: 3/5
July 10, 2003
One of the most poignant and edifying films made in the 1980s about the blessings and burdens of family life.
September 17, 2002
A tour-de-force in acting. Phoenix is a revelation!
Original Score: 4/5
July 31, 2002
Original Score: 2/5
January 1, 2001
Original Score: 3/5
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.
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| Original Score: 4/4
September 7, 1988
Original Score: 2/4