
The Runner
The prolific Nic Cage is a Washington DC politician forced to confront dysfunction in his professional and personal life when he's forced to deal with both a sex scandal and the aftermath of 2010's BP oil spill.
- Director:
- Austin Stark (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Austin Stark
- Cast:
- Nicolas CagePeter FondaWendell PierceSarah PaulsonConnie NielsenBryan Batt



Reviews & comments

Variety
pressThe characters are so thinly and predictably drawn, and the movie's supposed insights into the art of political compromise so banal, that nothing catches fire ...

Time Out
pressEveryone loves Nicolas Cage the bug-eyed lunatic. Nicolas Cage the serious actor, that's a tougher sell.

The New York Times
pressThis brand of political soap opera is being done better on television by shows like "Scandal," where this story would be little more than a secondary plotline.

Los Angeles Times
pressA hollow, listless political drama that could have been a contender.

Variety
pressThe characters are so thinly and predictably drawn, and the movie's supposed insights into the art of political compromise so banal, that nothing catches fire ...

Time Out
pressEveryone loves Nicolas Cage the bug-eyed lunatic. Nicolas Cage the serious actor, that's a tougher sell.

The New York Times
pressThis brand of political soap opera is being done better on television by shows like "Scandal," where this story would be little more than a secondary plotline.

Los Angeles Times
pressA hollow, listless political drama that could have been a contender.
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