
The beauty of the land cannot mask the brutality of a farm town. As harvest draws near, Betty confronts a terrifying new reality and will go to desperate lengths to save her family when they are threatened with being forced from their land. An old friend, struggling to keep his own farm profitable by any means necessary-offers Betty a way out. She refuses to get involved, but as the pressures mount for her family and they are on the brink of eviction, her husband, Frank, reve... (Full plot summary below)
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The beauty of the land cannot mask the brutality of a farm town. As harvest draws near, Betty confronts a terrifying new reality and will go to desperate lengths to save her family when they are threatened with being forced from their land. An old friend, struggling to keep his own farm profitable by any means necessary-offers Betty a way out. She refuses to get involved, but as the pressures mount for her family and they are on the brink of eviction, her husband, Frank, reveals that he is seriously ill. How far will one to go to take care of one's own? Recalling all that is heartland Americana, this film combines an ecological urgency with a compelling yet sensitive story.
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| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectA little too reluctant to take a stand against chemicals but worth seeing for its empathy for its main character who is forced to carry out a crime that puts her in league with Monsanto. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferAn intelligent, sophisticated and mesmerizing slow-burn thriller that's grounded in humanism. Patient viewers will be rewarded the most. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzI don't think Kimberly Levin's debut feature Runoff entirely works as a story or a statement. But as an experience, it's amazing — so unlike most other recent American independent films in its style and mood. |
| AV ClubKatie RifeLike its rural setting, Runoff is slow, deliberate, and concerned with practical things. |
| indieWireJames RocchiEdited by writer-director Levin, Runoff is the kind of film that finds power and pleasure in silence; many of its best scenes come in careful, long, quiet scenes of revelation or desperation. |
| VarietyBill EdelsteinThe universal theme of personal principle vs. human necessity gets a workout in languid but inexorably powerful morality play, Runoff. |
| Village VoiceDanny KingKimberly Levin's Runoff deals with an old-as-time moral quandary — how far will you go to protect your family? — but the movie achieves an understated resonance through Levin's emotionally sensitive compositions and her clued-in portrayal of life in a middle-American farming community. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesPromising work that's worth checking out. |
| Slant MagazineNick PriggeThis emotionally affecting film never loses sight of the ethical complexity of forsaking a community in the name of an individual. |
| TheDivaReview.comDiva VelezIntelligent and entertaining, Runoff moves its audience from what was perhaps a vague, wistful notion of the rural existence of family farming to witness the harsh realities of a tragically disappearing American way of life |