Sadly all the kids in this adventure in the countryside are very annoying and don't cause any sympathy to build with the viewer. It's not the greatest most believeable story to begin with, and the direction it takes is muddled and confusing. Plus usually when a deceased character appears throughout the movie it's just a cheap ploy to generate interest and feelings of pity towards the family. It rarely works, if ever. I didn't like it in Braveheart or Gladiator and certainly not here. There's beautiful countryside here, and the oldest daughter definitely shows that she will be a talent in the future. Unfortunately this was just an amateur effort and it showed. Any momentum it manages to gather is lost when something incredibly dumb is either said or done. Too many plot holes. Very unconvincing dialogue. Usually these types of movies I gravitate to, but there's nothing to recommend here. Someone went out of their way to unearth some of the most annoying songs ever created to plug into this sad effort. The final half hour is so ridiculously awful it's not even worth mentioning. The big "showdown" even the actors participating seemed to think it was ludicrous. They were grinning like they couldn't believe the cruel awful twist of fate that managed to stick them in this movie. It's like everybody just gave up. Dense rubbish. Sorry.....
Review of The Runaways
