Run Rabbit Run review: "Sarah Snook's thriller is more intriguing than downright terrifying"

Run Rabbit Run (2023)
(Image: © Netflix)

GamesRadar+ Verdict

Good performances are nullified by a slightly seen-it-before script, but you’ll still have some freaky fun.

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So, Succession is over and you are craving your Sarah Snook fix. If that is you, then look no further than Netflix’s taut mother-daughter chiller Run Rabbit Run, set in rural Australia. 

Snook plays Sarah, a fertility doctor who lives with her child Mia (Lily LaTorre) after a split from the girl’s father (Damon Herriman). Lurking in the margins of Sarah’s life is her mother, whom she has deliberately cut out of her life; Joan (Greta Scacchi) has dementia and is living in a nursing home. 

Things begin to take a strange turn when Mia insists on being called Alice, the name of Sarah’s sister, who disappeared when Sarah was young. Then the mood gets downright creepy when Mia starts wearing a pink-ish rabbit mask. As the distance between the girl and her mum grows, Mia’s behaviour becomes ever more unsettling. Is she possessed? Or is Sarah losing her grip on reality? There are often times when Rub Rabbit Run gets an ‘A’ for ambiguity. 

The film is pregnant with atmosphere, with director Daina Reid (who previously helmed episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale) conjuring up an increasingly hallucinatory experience. Together, Snook and LaTorre make for an admirable force, frequently generating an electric chemistry. It’s also heartening to see Herriman play against type (see his Charles Manson in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) as the well-balanced father. 

Sadly, a generic script doesn’t aid the film’s overall ambitions. A little less than the sum of its parts, Run Rabbit Run is ultimately more intriguing than outright terrifying.


Run Rabbit Run is on Netflix from June 28. 

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James Mottram is a freelance film journalist, author of books that dive deep into films like Die Hard and Tenet, and a regular guest on the Total Film podcast. You'll find his writings on GamesRadar+ and Total Film, and in newspapers and magazines from across the world like The Times, The Independent, The i, Metro, The National, Marie Claire, and MindFood. 

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