An American doctor travels to Ireland to study the Casey family after 38-year-old Conor suffers a stroke which changes his personality, leaving dynamo wife and mother Vanetia to run the show.
Steph Green’s thoughtful debut feature builds on the success of her Oscar-nommed 2007 short New Boy, largely by retaining its eloquent empathy for the outsider.
Forte and Peake excel in a notable debut from Green that marks her out as a director to watch.
Ultimately, for all its flaws Run & Jump is a big, cheery lummox of a film – one with a huge heart that's very difficult not to like.
A warmhearted little drama in which rather too much is going on to be comfortably accommodated in one film.
Peake, warmly sketching a woman busy fooling herself that everything will work out, and Forte, as precise as he was in Nebraska, keep it honest, and within touching distance of real poignancy.
Few surprises yet packs an emotional punch.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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