Running on Empty

Name: Running on Empty
Released: 1988-9-9
Cast: Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton, Jonas Abry

Running on Empty

PG-13
1h 53m
1988

85%

age 14+

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The '60s are past, and the Vietnam War they struggled against is long over, but the Popes have been on the run from the FBI for fifteen years--choosing to live as family of fugitives rather than be separated. Now 17-year-old musical prodigy Danny Pope must decide whether to accept a scholarship to Julliard or deny his talent to remain with his family... as his mother did for him.

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Producer:

Amy Robinson, Griffin Dunne, Naomi Foner

Writer:

Naomi Foner

Cast:

Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton, Jonas Abry, L.M. Kit Carson, Ed Crowley, Steven Hill

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

85%

Reviews

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Dennis Schwartz

It's the Lumet film I like best.

Wraps around your heart and squeezes.

River Phoenix gives an Oscar nominated performance as the teenage son of radical parents in Sidney Lumet's interesting but not entirely satisfying politicial melodrama.

June 21, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Catholic Sun

Fr. Chris Carpenter

June 21, 2017

Reeling Reviews

Robin Clifford

June 21, 2017

Common Sense Media

age 14+

Common Sense Says

Wraps around your heart and squeezes.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that the movie features an emotionally intense theme -- two boys facing the loss of their parents at any time -- that may be unsuitable for younger or more sensitive kids. Other than that, there's one isolated outburst of profanity and a teenager crawls through a window into his girlfriend's room at night (only to talk).