The film is very good, even though its premise is a very familiar one.
One day, Cherie is approached by a new client who seems to be in need of legal help. She takes the opportunity to ask for Fuller’s help and soon realizes that she has found a new home. Cherie is finally able to make her dream come true and become an attorney.
Cherie is excited when she is offered a job to take a client out for dinner. When she meets the client, Ethan (Pilou Asbæk), she seems to win him over. A mutual attraction forms and after the meal, he invites her over to his house for a drink. She accepts his offer but soon begins to regret her decision! ..
Cherie steps through the door of the man’s home and we are shown inside where she is struggling. The door then opens and she runs out looking dishevelled and terrified. The word RUN then appears on the screen in big red capitals and a propulsive music score kicks in. From this point on, the movie goes into high gear as we watch Cherie run for her life through the streets of LA while Ethan chases after her.
This is a horror film that takes the familiar premise of a woman in peril and makes it its own. Cherie is forced to flee her home and finds herself in some very tricky situations, but Ethan is not your typical sex pest-type figure and the film’s story does not take the turns you are probably expecting. This is more of a horror film than a psycho-thriller, with some surprising plot twists that can’t be predicted.
The film is based on the director’s own experience of a date that went horribly wrong. According to interviews Feste gave to EW, her night was made far more harrowing when the people she expected to help her, didn’t! I don’t quite know who the ‘people’ were that the director was referring to but in the film, Cherie isn’t helped by the police or certain members of her own sisterhood, so it might be that Feste had a similar experience. ..
The film is certainly very exciting, despite the disturbing nature of the plot, and this is largely due to Feste’s ability to keep us on our toes with her fast camerawork and narrative twists. We are rarely allowed a moment to catch our breath thanks to the fast camerawork and narrative turns, even when things do slow down, there is still a sense of tension as we know Ethan could turn up at any moment. ..
There is much to like about Run Sweetheart Run, but special mention must go to the director’s clever use of the fourth wall that acknowledges the existence of the audience. I have already mentioned the moment when Ethan raised his hand to the camera to forbid our entry into his home but there are other moments when he gives a knowing look to the camera, right before doing something horrible. This makes our experience all the more uncomfortable as the events in the film seem to become more real as a consequence. Like the people who stand by and do nothing to help Cherie, we almost feel like bystanders to the horrible events that happen on screen. ..
The director’s larger target is men, or more specifically the patriarchal structure of our society. We first see this when Cherie is patronised by her boss at the law firm but there are other moments in the film, including a scene within a police station where the officer in charge doesn’t take Cherie’s plea for help seriously, that highlight the sexist attitudes that have long kept women ‘in their place.’ Some of these scenes are a little heavy-handed as Feste tries to get her points across but the film does become more relatable as a consequence.
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