''Runoff'' is a 2014 drama film written and directed by Kimberly Levin that centers on Betty Freeman (Kelly) and her attempts to save her family after the government threatens to foreclose on her country estate. It premiered at the 2014
Los Angeles Film Festival
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. It had a limited theatrical release by
Monterey Media
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on July 25, 2015.
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Cast
*Joanne Kelly – Betty
*Neal Huff – Frank
* Alex Shaffer – Finley
*Tom Bower – Scratch
*Kivlighan de Montebello – Sam
*Darlene Hunt
Reception
In the United States' review aggregator, the Rotten Tomatoes
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, in the score where the site staff categorizes the opinions of independent media
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and mainstream media
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only positive or negative, the film has an approval rating of 79% calculated based on 19 critics reviews. By comparison, with the same opinions being calculated using a weighted arithmetic mean
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, the score achieved is 7,6/10.Metacritic
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, which calculates review scores using only a weighted arithmetic average of certain outlets across most mainstream media, has a score of 64/100, achieved based on 9 press ratings attached to the site, with the indication of "generally favorable reviews".
In his review on ''IndieWire
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'', James Rocchi rated it a B− saying it is a ''Winter's Bone
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'' on a farm "with a sharp-eyed, almost documentary eye on the realities and everyday crimes of modern agribusiness". In ''Variety
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'', Bill Edelstein said that director Kimberly Levin "gets naturalistic performances from all her actors, and tells her tale with a narrative economy that, despite the leisurely pace, never lingers too long in a scene".
See also
* Surface runoff
Surface runoff (also known as overland flow) is the flow of water occurring on the ground surface when excess rainwater, stormwater, meltwater, or other sources, can no longer sufficiently rapidly infiltrate in the soil. This can occur when th ...
References
External links
Official website
* {{IMDb title
Curator Films EFM-bound with 'Runoff'
2014 films
2010s English-language films
2014 drama films
American drama films
2010s American films