Running on Empty
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The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Today, their older son wants a life of his own although he is aware that would mean that his parents would either get caught or he will never see them again.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Running on Empty:

Christine Lahti
River Phoenix
Judd Hirsch
Jonas Abry
Martha Plimpton
Ed Crowley

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The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Today, their older son wants a life of his own although he is aware that would mean that his parents would either get caught or he will never see them again.

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Chicago Sun-Times - 10/10 by Roger EbertThere are great performances in the central roles. Phoenix essentially carries the story; it's about him. Lahti and Hill have that shattering scene together. And Lahti and Hirsch, huddled together in bed, fearfully realizing that they may have come to a crossroads, are touching; we see how they've depended on each other. This is one of the best films of the year.
Los Angeles Times - 9/10 by Kevin ThomasSophisticated, uncompromising and refreshingly original, it is one of those rare films which is likely to mean as much to teens as it does to their parents.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - 9/10 by Rick GroenThe film is first and foremost a family drama, where the politics that led to this predicament take a back seat to the people who find themselves in it.
Tampa Bay Times - 8/10 by Hal LipperRunning on Empty works best when it plays upon emotions generated by the Popes' unique predicament, something that it often does rather shamelessly. It helps that Sidney Lumet has directed the film in a crisp, handsome style that diminishes the maudlin or unlikely aspects of its story, even when they threaten to intrude.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) - 8/10 by Bob BloomA touching, forgotten drama about a family of radicals still running from the consequences of their actions. River Phoenix, Lahti and Hirsch all are wonderful. A must-see.
Newsweek - 7/10 by David AnsenDespite Lumet's home-spun pincer movement on the espionage/conspiracy genres, cliché still sneaks up and nips the film into submission.
EmanuelLevy.Com - 6/10 by Emanuel LevyRiver Phoenix gives an Oscar nominated performance as the teenage son of radical parents in Sidney Lumet's interesting but not entirely satisfying politicial melodrama.
Chicago Reader - 5/10 by Jonathan RosenbaumThe weaknesses of the film are twofold: an inability to convey any convincing grasp of the present beyond the family's present (and ongoing) situation, and a belt-and-suspenders heavyhandedness that has always been Lumet's biggest stumbling block in driving home a dramatic climax.
Miami Herald - 5/10 by Ryan P. MurphyA Sidney Lumet movie is loose. It's a big vehicle, loaded with the usual artistic statement. But Running on Empty is coasting downhill fast.
Chicago Tribune - 5/10 by Dave KehrA John Hughes-ish teen drama unaccountably complicated by politics and method acting.

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