The Outrun

The Outrun

You can't outrun your fate

Directed by Nora Fingscheidt

Produced by BBC Film, Screen Scotland

2024118 min6.8 / 10

A slow-burn, introspective recovery story that uses Scotland's dramatic landscape as both mirror and refuge for a woman confronting addiction, trauma, and the possibility of redemption.

Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her traumatic childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.

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  • Is The Outrun sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is The Outrun scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does The Outrun end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

  • Is The Outrun violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is The Outrun easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity80

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Surprise19

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

How much audiences actually like it

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