{"id":2251925,"date":"2026-01-26T23:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2251925"},"modified":"2026-01-26T23:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:07:20","slug":"run-amok-review-mordantly-offbeat-teen-comedy-pushes-limits-in-proud-festival-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/run-amok-review-mordantly-offbeat-teen-comedy-pushes-limits-in-proud-festival-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Run Amok\u2019 Review: Mordantly Offbeat Teen Comedy Pushes Limits in Proud Festival Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">There was a time when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1083053\/\">Sundance<\/a> offered up eccentric young misfits regularly \u2014 think <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm4062914\/\">Dawn Wiener<\/a> of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0114906\/\">Welcome to the Dollhouse<\/a>\u201d or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0374900\/\">Napoleon Dynamite<\/a>. \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt28144668\/\">Run Amok<\/a>\u201d hero Meg fits squarely in this tradition, so if you love the idea of a darkly comic high school musical, this one may have been made for you.<\/p>\n<p>Newcomer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7369022\/\">Alyssa Marvin<\/a> revisits her role from Nb Mager\u2019s 2023 short film of the same name. (A striking number of former shorts have arrived at the festival as full-length features this year.) You\u2019ll know just what kind of movie we\u2019re talking about when you learn that Meg, a friendless freshman who lives with her stern&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time when Sundance offered up eccentric young misfits regularly \u2014 think Dawn Wiener of \u201cWelcome to the Dollhouse\u201d or Napoleon Dynamite. \u201cRun Amok\u201d hero Meg fits squarely in this tradition, so if you love the idea of a darkly comic high school musical, this one may have been made for you. 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