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Run Amok
Directed by
NB Mager
2026
1h 43m
Comedy
,
Drama
6.3
67%
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Professional teacher's pet and amateur harpist Meg plans to stage a full, musical reenactment of the shooting that took place at her high school 10 years ago.
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Cast of Run Amok
Alyssa Marvin
Meg
Patrick Wilson
Mr. Shelby / Executive Producer
Margaret Cho
Principal Linda
Elizabeth Marvel
Nancy
Molly Ringwald
Aunt Val
Yul Vazquez
Uncle Dan
Bill Camp
Mr. Hunt
Nuha Jes Izman
Opal
Grace Reiter
Sue Ellen
Jesus Del Orden
Tim
Kalin Wilson
Jeremy
Sophia Torres
Penny
Pilot Bunch
Blake
Jim Kaplan
Elton
Allan Lopez
Dave
Yoko Akashi
Elton's Mom
Blair Sams
Ms. Booker
Shivani Sahu
Natalie
Scarlett Earls
Kate
Charles Gimming Denton
Hal
Run Amok Ratings & Reviews
The Hollywood Reporter
Jourdain Searles
Run Amok is stuffed with ideas about school shootings, gun control and mental illness that don't quite come together into any coherent thesis.
Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)
Rachel Wagner
Muddled and confusing at what it is trying to say. Makes some strange choices
The Cinematic Reel
David Gonzalez
Ultimately, Run Amok is a film driven by ambition and sincerity, even as its execution falters. At its best, it offers moments of real emotional clarity, particularly in how it frames grief as something endured rather than overcome.
Shade Studios
Alfred Castaneda
If Mager chose any of the multiple sub-plots and just stayed with it, Run Amok would have been a far richer experience.
mundoCine
Marta Medina Pérez
Narrating the unspeakable requires extreme tact, and if this film proves anything, it is that drama remains the best vehicle for examining such horror. In fact, Run Amok is at its best when it embraces that genre. [Full Review in Spanish]
MacGuffin or Meaning (Substack)
Alise Chaffins
It's an ambitious movie that has some of the most interesting and unique ideas I've seen in a minute, but it overplays its hand in a way that doesn't allow it to live up to its potential.
Collider
Taylor Gates
The script can be uneven...and the stylistic choices leave something to be desired. That said, the satire's specificity makes most of the exercise work, and there are some scenes that deliver a real, emotional gut-punch.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
If Run Amok doesn't entirely succeed, it's mostly because it dares to do too much: Our tantalizing glimpses of what this musical production might have looked like suggest an experimental vibe that the film never quite manages to deliver.
The Contending
Frank J. Avella
Mager is rather daring in her exploration of the desire for catharsis, and just how different that search is for each individual.
Slate
Sam Adams
Its star makes sure we feel what the movie can't find words to say.
Awards Radar
Joey Magidson
Run Amok is tonally tricky but ultimately emotionally powerful.
The Movie Cricket
Sean P. Means
Mager sets up a tricky high-wire act with this premise, cleverly exposing the conflict when teens want to explore the history that their elders would rather forget. Alas, it's not sustainable.
FandomWire
Sean Boelman
Although NB Mager's film is somewhat effective as a character drama, it purports to be a satire. And if your metric for measuring the effectiveness of a satire is how much of its humor lands, Run Amok hits many a false note.
Under the Radar
Kaveh Jalinous
While NB Mager's thoughtful and sobering Run Amok certainly benefits from its expanded 103-minute runtime, it does get bogged down by an overwhelming number of themes, particularly in its second half.
DarkSkyLady Reviews
DarkSkyLady
Run Amok started incredibly promising with an darkly comedic angle and a cast that is doing fantastic work. But it forfeits all hope with a third act that has no connective tissue and feels like endings haphazardly slapped together.
Decoding Everything (Substack)
Matt Goldberg
A film as a messy as the lingering aftermath of school shootings, and worthwhile attempt to explore the complex emotions that remain.
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
The execution is so lacking due to its half-formed ideas and its grating tone, that it all just crumbles before it comes remotely close to the finish line.
Jaredmobarak.com
Jared Mobarak
The real meat is giving [the kids] the room to figure out their place in this nightmare they were born into. How they respond, rebel, and evolve to take back control of their own narrative is inspiring and necessary.
TheWrap
Elizabeth Weitzman
The film's darkly comic bravado is undeniably bracing.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
Alyssa Marvin, who has the rare actor's gift of wearing her feelings on the outside even when the character she's playing is holding them on the inside, makes that a convincing journey.
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