It might be Netflix's number one movie, but Run Rabbit Run is not enjoying the positive reviews to go alongside its impressive viewership.
In fact, people who have already watched the new thriller are actively discouraging others from even bothering to see it.
The film, starring Succession's Sarah Snook, was released on Netflix at the end of June, rapidly becoming the most-watched movie on the streaming platform's rankings. However, this popularity hasn't translated into any recommendations from viewers. If anything, it's done the opposite.
At the time of writing, the Daina Reid-directed picture is sitting on a score of just 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.
And the reviews on social media are, unsurprisingly, even more scathing than the ones in traditional media. One particularly brutal Twitter user said, "There will never be another July 2nd 2023 in my lifetime. Today I wasted 2 hours of it watching run rabbit run on Netflix."
Another user posted, "Run Rabbit Run was an awful movie. Don't waste your time." while another added, "pls don’t waste your time watching run rabbit run on netflix."
A further Twitter critic was equally damning, tweeting, "Why is RUN RABBIT RUN #1 on Netflix? Terrible movie 1/10."
The movie follows Snook's fertility doctor, who notices strange behavior in her own child, Mia. Snook's character, also called Sarah in the film, becomes increasingly concerned when Mia begins to insist that she is Alice, Sarah's sister who went missing as a child.
The Handmaid's Tale star Elizabeth Moss had initially been slated to star in the lead role but had to leave the project due to scheduling issues.
Producer Anna McLeish told NME that she felt Snook brought "an exciting unpredictability" to her portrayal of the character.
"There's hardly a frame of the film that Sarah's not in," she added. "Her work in Australia before that had been really accomplished and really amazing, but I don't think she'd really had that kind of opportunity to carry a film to that extent… It's really exciting for audiences to see Sarah Snook, particularly international audiences who really identify mainly with her now as Shiv, in such a different place."
Director Reid, from Australia, was nominated for an Emmy in 2019 for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for her work on A Handmaid's Tale with Moss.
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