Hit & Run

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Hit & Run

R

2012

1h 35m

Comedy

Action

Adventure

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Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a nice guy with a shady past as a getaway driver, breaks out of the witness protection program in a backwater California town to drive his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell), to Los Angeles for an important job interview. The pair's road trip takes an awkward and dangerous turn when they find that an inept federal agent (Tom Arnold) and the mobster (Bradley Cooper) he testified against are both trying to hunt them down.

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Critics Consensus

Though Hit & Run has some surprisingly oft-kilter filmmaking, the action doesn't add to much and the writing's a bit smug.

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Serena Donadoni

IndieWire

10/26/2012

B+

Shepard wrote the script and co-directed with David Palmer (Brother's Justice), constructing an ideal vehicle for the real-life couple's spirited banter.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

10/13/2012

2/5

There is a lot of boring Clarksonian chatter about motorcars, but, inhibited by a modest budget, the stunts prove to be depressingly unspectacular.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

10/11/2012

2/5

It's amiable, but the more miles it clocks up, the more this film looks like a vanity vehicle for its co-director, writer and star, Dax Shepard.

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

12/16/2020

Hit & Run is very much hit and miss. The plot careers all over the place and a lot of the jokes definitely sputter, but with the laidback, goofy Shepard at the wheel, the film somehow keeps on the road.

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

07/30/2020

C+

I went into Hit & Run with the lowest possible expectations, and even then I'm not so sure it met them.

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Jim Ross

TAKE ONE Magazine

02/13/2020

HIT AND RUN is a film that turns out to be more than the sum of its parts, even if it ends up feeling a bit generic and stupid.

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Belle P.

@Belle.P 15h

Cute but very goofy.

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Dakota H

@bakintoast 4d

This movie having such a middling overall score is perplexing to me. It balances comedy, action, romance, even car culture, so well. It manages to be both heartfelt and irreverent, action-packed and intelligent, romantic and down-to-earth. This has been one of my favorite movies for years; not once did my most recent re-watch make me doubt my love for this film. The only thing I can think of for its subpar reviews is that it's too self-aware of the medium it occupies, Randy's incompetence borders on impossibility, or that it's too 'snarky'/sarcastic, like what a grounded Deadpool-like would be produced. Anyone reading this in the year 2026+, don't mind the negative reviews (especially the one saying it doesn't have enough action. The whole point is that it's not an over-the-top action-fantasy spectacle a la Michael Bay). It's a truly authentic take on an action rom-com based in some possible reality. At no point watching this did I feel like my time was wasted. Absolute banger movie.

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John T.

@johnisinareyouin Jan 11

It’s rare when I disagree with both critic and audience ratings on here. But this one is very underrated. I believe it’s a great execution for what it intended to be—an entertaining romantic action comedy.

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Chris R

@Creeves Jan 9

I'll be darned if I didn't like the characters. They're fun,

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Bryan B

Nov 11

This has everything I can want in a movie. No clue what the bad reviews are all about other than people who don’t like action, drama, comedy and romance tried watching an action, drama, comedy and romance movie.

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Julie D

Jul 22

It's as much fun to watch Hit & Run as it must have been to make it.

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Synopsis

Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a nice guy with a shady past as a getaway driver, breaks out of the witness protection program in a backwater California town to drive his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell), to Los Angeles for an important job interview. The pair's road trip takes an awkward and dangerous turn when they find that an inept federal agent (Tom Arnold) and the mobster (Bradley Cooper) he testified against are both trying to hunt them down.

Director: Dax Shepard, David Palmer
Producer: Andrew Panay, Nate Tuck, Kim Waltrip
Screenwriter: Dax Shepard
Distributor: Open Road
Production Co: Exclusive Media, Primate Pictures, Panay Films
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Content|Pervasive Language|Sexual References|Some Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.7M
Runtime: 1h 35m

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