Friday, May 31, 2024
Run
At the beginning of this psychological thriller, we see a worried mother, Diane (Sarah Paulson) at the hospital with her newborn baby, Chloe, in the operating room & next in ICU. Skip ahead 17 years, Chloe (Kiera Allen) is in a wheelchair & has symptoms of asthma & type 1 diabetes. She is on lots of meds & has an inhaler. Diane is the doting mother doing everything she can for her baby girl. Chloe is smart & trying to get into a good college. Everything seems pretty normal for a single parent with a child with some disabilities. However one day, Chloe becomes suspicious about her meds & her mom’s always intercepting the mail. Here’s where the story takes that sinister turn & this loving mother is revealed to be a delusional obsessive mom. She is a manipulative nightmare. Now, it becomes the cat & mouse game of each trying to outwit the other. Things go from bad to worse for Chloe & every escape plan seems to get roadblocked. There’s another plot twist before we get to the big showdown & a surprise ending that I️ didn't foresee. Paulson is scary evil & Allen is desperately scared. I enjoyed the thrill ride of this smart script & especially the film’s conclusion.
Alien gives it 3 “Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy” stars out of 4.
