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Editorial Review:
Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, creators and stars of the HBO comedy sketch series Mr. Show, bravely stretch one of that program's premises and characters into a generally successful, feature-length film in Run Ronnie Run! Cross plays Ronnie Dobbs, a trailer-park nitwit whose pranks find him routinely chased by small-town police. When an L.A. television producer (Odenkirk) discovers Ronnie is a favorite and frequent felon on a reality TV show, he signs Dobbs to his own series (Ronnie Dobbs Gets Arrested!) and re-settles him in Beverly Hills. Unprepared for fame, money, and power, Ronnie tries reinventing his life with mixed results. Much of Run Ronnie Run! is funny, though Cross--always a strong performer--is typically better than the material. The film works best as a showcase for sight gags and one-note sketches; among the latter is a great piece involving a self-help guru and a cameo by Jeff Goldblum. --Tom Keogh

Run Ronnie Run [Region 2] Reviews:
Fan of Mr. Show, But Not a Fan of This
2009-08-14 - This film really isn't worth your time. I'm a huge fan of Mr. Show, but I just really didn't care for this movie at all. Making a movie spin-off of a character from Mr. Show was just a horrible idea. It has some funny moments, but it just wasn't that great of a movie. I'd say that instead of wasting your time with this movie, just watch a few episodes of Mr. Show instead.

Mr. Show is great but this movie sucks
2008-11-27 - This movie is terrible. I love Mr. Show and think Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, and co. are comic geniuses. But this movie is pure garbage. The best parts are lame copies of what was already done on Mr. Show and they've destroyed the pacing, creativity, and cutting edge humor that made Mr Show great.

Way below par for these funnymen
2008-09-12 - David Cross and Bob Odenkirk vigorously warned their fans to steer clear of this film, and brother, they weren't kidding. This thing is unbelievably disappointing. And it's not because I don't appreciate Cross and Odenkirk's brand of humor. On the contrary, I find their MR. SHOW program to be a smart, inspired, outrageous, wickedly funny TV series -- which won a loyal audience despite the fact that HBO never promoted it properly. Perhaps their freewheeling, satirical, sketch-comedy style would have worn out its welcome in a feature-length format, but we don't get to see exactly what their true artistic intentions were, since they had no control over the final edit of RUN RONNIE RUN. It was severely revised without their approval. Which begs this question to those decision-makers: Was the original cut really worse than this version?

A fine supporting cast is wasted. Jill Talley, so wonderful on MR. SHOW, is handed the thankless role of Ronnie's (Cross's) loyal spouse. Other great MR. SHOW players -- Tom Kenny, Brian Posehn, Mary Lynn Rajskub -- are also ill-served, though it's hard to tell if they were underutilized in the original version or whether they fell victim to the editor's scalpel.

Likewise, there's cameo appearances by Ben Stiller, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, David Foley, Andy Richter, Gary Shandling, Patrick Warburton, Laura Kightlinger, Scott Thompson, Jeff Goldblum and other folks who don't get much funny stuff to do. Instead, there's footage of Nikki Cox running around in a bikini -- a welcome factor in any movie, although it doesn't add anything to the comedy content.

If you enjoy watching Cross and Odenkirk strut their stuff, my advice is to stick with MR. SHOW instead. Each episode is everything RUN RONNIE RUN should have been.


JOE DIRT + COPS + GROOVE TUBE = HILARIOUS!
2008-09-10 - Don't let that mullet fool you because this is one funny movie! The story centers around Ronnie Dobbs who is one "Crazy Redneck", but he's really just a Skynyrd lovin' "good old boy" trying to stay out of trouble. Although the film has a loose plot, there are several hysterically funny skits with some hilarious cameos from a lot of my favorite funny people!

From the opening faux theater announcements to the gut busting "scene that was removed from the film" this is a hilarious crack up of a satire! I can't remember when I laughed this hard watching a comedy film! It's short in length, but long on laughs and is a must see film that is sure to have a cult following.

CB, Geri, C, Morph, JP and all my A m a z o n buddies, if you haven't seen this yet, see this one today! Too Mucking Fuch!:-D

A True Classic
2008-08-06 - Whether you are a fan of Mr. Show or just like silly movies with a lot of cameos this is a must see.