See How They Run

See How They Run

In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
  • Stars: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith, Harris Dickinson, Charlie Cooper, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Pearl Chanda, Sian Clifford, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, David Oyelowo, Shirley Henderson, Paul Chahidi, Lucian Msamati, Angus Wright, Tim Key
  • Director: Tom George
 Comments
  • ppennell2863 - 26 May 2024
    See The Mousetrap. Watch 'See How they Run'
    I'de watched this film twice and enjoyed it. Then this evening I went to see The Mousetrap (not at The Ambassador theatre actually but just next door at St Martin's).

    When I came home I thought it appropriate to give See How They Run another watch.

    Oh boy do I now appreciate how clever it is!

    A absolute masterpiece.

    Yes, ths film is good fun to the average viewer.

    But go and see Agatha Christie's masterpiece and *then* watch it and you'll enjoy it all the more.

    On top of that it stars Sam Rockwell (Moon, The Green Mile) Reece Shearsmith (Inside Number 9) and the great David O (Selma, Spooks)
  • southdavid - 27 September 2023
    Flying Trap-ease.
    I meant to see "See How They Run" at the cinema, but missed it, so was happy to see it arrive on Disney plus relatively quickly. Whilst it never quite got up to the point that I loved it, I did enjoy this meta whodunnit.

    The Mousetrap celebrates its 100th performance in London with a party. After a fight with the plays star, Richard Attenborough (Harris Dickinson), an American film director, Leo Kopernick (Adrien Brody) working on an adaptation of the mystery is murdered. Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) is called in and along with Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) begins an investigation, but soon discovers that most everyone had a motivation and a secret to hide.

    Good, but not great - is the ultra-short review of the film for me. The performances are really good, with a sprinkling of Hollywood stars, like Rockwell and Brody, over a fine British cast of people like Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith, Tim Key and David Oyelowo. Saoirse Ronan is probably the most fun character though, with her character getting most of the films laughs. The film in general is a lot of fun, there's big performances, clever and amusing lines and a line in meta contextualisation, with the film predicting it's ending.

    For all that style though, the central whodunnit isn't quite a strong enough spine to hang the whole endeavour on. I'll stay away from spoilers, obviously, but it's because it's tied into the story behind "The Mousetrap", which is a story I wasn't aware of, I felt as if I didn't have a chance of guessing the killer before it was revealed.

    I'd love to see the characters again, the police triumvirate of Rockwell, Ronan and Key anyway, and I'd say that regardless of the fact it didn't quite hit the spot, it was still a good time.