See How They Run

C is for See How They Run. Maybe C+

An entertaining, but not much more whodunnit. While occasionally funny, it goes a bit too far into being self-aware.

Constantly silly (often in that tiresome forced manner). Constantly (more or less) entertaining.

Clearly they used all their collective creative juices on the first scene, leaving an uninspired, unfocused drag for the most of the subsequent running time. And most annoyingly it's nowhere near as cleaver as it seems to think itself. A shame because the cast is game, and the premise had potential.

This has elements of 24 (the split screen function) and Wes Anderson films about it. Primarily the Wes Anderson film comparison (mostly Grand Budapest Hotel, with the hotel featured having a strong emphasis on Art Deco furnishings, although another scene at a police station with rows of people at typewriters etc. seemed reminiscent of The French Dispatch), due to the quirkyness of the characters, the nice use of colours and the instrumental style music played (often 1940s style jazz, I believe).

It's a lot of fun, Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell are superb. Having not seen The Mousetrap the mystery worked for me too.

A made-for-streaming or made-for-British-TV movie that somehow ended up on the big screen. It's not a complete waste of time, but with the sequel to another whodunit, Knives Out, on the horizon, it was hard not to notice the various aspects where See How They Run fell short. Like an Agatha Christie tale, a lot of things felt dated, and there was too much reliance on meta humor and flashy editing in an attempt to freshen things up a bit.

Witty Repartee: The Movie, and I say that in a loving way. Strong ensemble cast led by Rockwell, Ronan, and Brody; Ronan is probably the standout. This "whodunit within a whodunit" may not have enough meat on the bone for a lot of viewers, especially in an American audience that does, as the movie proclaims, tend to need more action, but it breezed along at a fairly quick pace, filled with snappy dialogue. Being obviously & explicitly meta can often be quite lame - but it's a benefit here.

My best prediction for what happened here is someone saw Knives Out and dug an old first draft out of a drawer somewhere and put a bunch of famous people in it just like in Knives Out! and there’s certainly some fun moments - especially from Saoirse Ronan, who is unbelievable - but a lot of gags didn’t elicit much laughter from me and the murder mystery element is really undercooked. B-tier streaming movie elevated to cinema status by a great cast.

An unsatisfying mystery, limp lampshades, and poor editing combine to slowly strangle this effort, but Saoirse Ronan forces herself through the clumsy fingers like crisp fresh air - she is tremendously charming and thanks to her a few jokes land; everything else falls loose and apart. Disappointing.

A mash-up of Knives Out and The Grand Budapest Hotel, and by that, I mean that this *wants* to be a mash-up of Knives Out and The Grand Budapest Hotel, but comparing See How They Run to either of those films does this one no favors. With neither the visual wit nor the compelling characters of those works, this lackluster attempt at the whodunnit genre is awfully ho-hum. While not without the occasional funny gag, much of the comedy feels strained, and the mystery element is undercooked at best.

Wes Anderson-lite, which isn't a bad thing, but Ronan's acting really shines. I am guessing that thanks to Knives Out, we are getting a glut of murder mysteries, which is also showing me how good of a film Knives Out is for absolutely nailing it. So, good job, See How They Run.

Worth watching for fans of the genre but plays into the recent trend of the "meta" movie, which is already getting a bit old.

Ripping good fun. Skirts the line between homage and pastiche quite expertly. Rockwell and Ronan are brilliant throughout.

A rather tiring and eye-rolling experience. Instead of making a genuine movie, it seems to be easier to make fun of movies.

Has its moments of humor, but the characters and the mystery leave no lasting impression whatsoever.

Ronan and Rockwell are enjoyable together. The meta-comedy sometimes works, but I wouldn't say that this is that funny. In a nutshell, it's just a solid whodunnit, which is funny because it makes fun of whodunnits not doing a whole lot. There's nothing to hate here, but nothing to bathe in lavish praise.

I found the first half hour of this film to be profoundly irritating, especially Adrien Brody's performance, and while it eventually won me over a little, I never really got over my initial impression. It's an admittedly clever film, but not nearly as clever as it thinks it is, and boy does it think it's clever. Around the 3rd or 4th time it winkingly did something really obviously, I contemplated walking out on it.

A meta murder mystery. Too cute for its own good, but while the actual murder mystery itself isn't all that great, the self-referential comedy does sell a lot. The cast does decently with their archetypes, Ronan is the standout.

Considering the "talent" on display here, this was quite simply appalling dross. There were around 4 mild chuckles from the audience when I watched it. Everyone dialled in their performance under the #"tongue in cheek" #"aren't we witty" #"what a great idea for an ensemble period drama" hashtags and it moved from slow, to boring, to annoying in the space of just 95 minutes. So much expectation of a great cast, only for it to be completely ruined by lacklustre direction and an god awful script.

Inoffensive but no where near as funny or as clever as it thinks it is

Meta take on Whodunnits with a Wes Anderson influence. The cast is good and the humor is decent, but the plot and characters are a bit lacking. The execution is good, but the script couldn’t used more work.

bad movie

nice self aware film, average overall and a bit silly

More interested in being meta than actually deliver an interesting story. Stars like Rockwell, Ronan and Brody can't salvage this uninteresting mess.

I dug quite a bit of this, from the meta elements, to the comedic flair, to the Ronan/Rockwell chemistry. The third act fell woefully flat, however.

Wonderful acting and fun script, bringing what was a somewhat creative, somewhat cliche storyline from dull to enjoyable. George’s direction did not do the cast any favors, losing some of the humor, overplaying foreshadows, and letting the beat drag.

Good characters, good set design, but mediocre acting, some laughable lines, but dragged story until the last 20 mins. Overall a whodunnit movie. Time passable movie.

J'ai passé un excellent moment et c'est grâce aux acteurs exclusivement. Le sex appeal d'Adrien Brody, la bébête Saoirse Ronan qui file des mauvais points à tout le monde pour rien. Et Sam Rockwell qui a toujours l'air d'être bourré, il est excellent. L'intrigue n'a rien d'original cependant, le film est très simple mais la magie opère.

Breezily enjoyable spin on Agatha Christie tropes bests and excels the concurrent KNIVES OUT films for light hearted entertainment value, as well as the cheeky interweaving of various trivia surrounding both Christie and her novels, and British film and theatrical traditions in general (and it’s a treat to have Richard Attenborough as a front and center character for much of the action). Nice performances by Rockwell and Brody, and a standout comic turn from Ronan, makes this great fun.

"See How They Run" is a delightful and entertaining directorial debut by Tom George that pays tribute to the "whodunnit" genre while also offering a self-reflective commentary on how artists use other people's pain and suffering to elicit emotions. The excellent performances by the cast, particularly Saoirse Ronan, and the technical precision of the storytelling make this movie one of the most assured and enjoyable directorial debuts of the year.

This sounded really fun: a whodunit set in 50's London. It's clearly green-lit after the success of "Knives Out", but it has its own thing going on; it's more meta and provides extra fun for fans of Mousetrap, golden age studios, etc. There were too many jokes with varying success rate. The cast is OK; Saoirse was good and it was nice to see Brody again, but Rockwell wasn't as strong as he can be. It looks good and has the period details in place, but overall it could have been a lot better.

Pretty good crime movie with a bit of meta humor added.

I went to see Saoirse Ronan's acting. And speaking Irish. I got it. I didn't expect anything else. I did not get.

Starts interesting but falls flat towards the end. Saoirse Ronan alone is good enough to carry this to the 60+ zone.

Decent fun. Ronan is great and Rockwell pretty good. Not quite Knives Out, but worth watching.

Worth seeing for Ronan and Henderson.

Second-rate murder mystery indeed, but the CONSTABLE, COMMISSIONER, INSPECTOR bits were my takeaways from this.

Fairly slick and nicely paced. The cast are great and the two leads have nice rapport.

This is a fun film. The cast does a good job here and they all seem to be having a good time. The script is not perfect but it has several good moments. Overall I would recommend this movie.

The offended one did it.

Bu senenin Agatha Christie filmi. Film yönetmeninin cinayetini araştıran 2 dedektif, sırayla herkesi sorguya çeker. İngiliz Wes Anderson tarzında ilerleyen film, Sherlock Holmes ve Pembe Panter'e gönderme yapıyor. Sam Rockwell müthiş. Saoirse Ronan rol çalsa da sempatik. Sıkılmadan izletiyor. Filmin sonunda, Agatha Christie malikanesinde katil. Aklımdan çıkmıyor. Aklım çıkıyor. O Çıkmıyor.

Some people are more beautiful when they are not talking, but not Saoirse Ronan. I can listen to her forever.

The cast is mostly good (especially Ronan, Brody and Dickinson), but they move through the plot in such a perfunctory way; it's like they're checking off items on a list rather than investigating a murder. Very low urgency and fairly low energy.

A mediocre movie with a few chuckles. The ending was underwhelming.

Rockwell and Ronan do well but the movie is never nearly as funny as clearly intended.

Knives Out meets The Grand Budapest Hotel is what it is and I certainly like it

Immediately forgettable.

An alright little jaunt. There's enough charm in the cast and enough intrigue to keep it going. Lightly humorous, wouldn't go as far as saying funny but it'll do.

See How They Run plays around with genre conventions, but ultimately subverts nothing, and telegraphs everything. Ronan and her character are terrific. Easily the best part of the film. The little bits of humor stemming from her character are great, but that's the problem. The actual murder mystery part is a bit generic, and they think they make up for it with some clever lampshading, but they don't. What they actually need is more bits of humor.

A fantastic cast and a script full of fun references to the theatre and cinema. However every time you're about to properly get into the story, something happens to pull you right out.