Succession star Sarah Snook’s new thriller Run Rabbit Run dominates Netflix despite receiving scathing reviews from fans and critics
Australian actress Sarah Snook has another hit on her hands.
Fresh from her star-making turn in Succession, the 35-year-old is dominating Netflix’s streaming charts with her new psychological thriller, Run Rabbit Run.
According to TV Blackbox, the film netted 14.2 million hours viewed and 6 million views in just one week.
It hit the No. 2 position on Australia’s Netflix charts, and came in at No. 3 globally.
The film sees Snook, who is known for her starring role as Shiv Roy in the HBO series Succession, take on the role of a fertility doctor called Sarah while Lily LaTorre plays her onscreen daughter Mia.
A synopsis for the movie reads: ‘Fertility doctor Sarah begins her beloved daughter Mia’s seventh birthday expecting nothing amiss. But as an ominous wind swirls in, Sarah’s carefully controlled world begins to alter.
Sarah Snook’s Rub Rabbit Run hit the No. 2 position on Australia’s Netflix charts, and came in at No. 3 globally
‘Mia begins behaving oddly and a rabbit appears outside their front door – a mysterious birthday gift that delights Mia but seems to deeply disconcert Sarah.
‘As days pass, Mia becomes increasingly not herself, demanding to see Sarah’s long-estranged, hospitalized mother (the grandmother she’s never met before) and fraying Sarah’s nerves as the child’s bizarre tantrums begin to point her toward Sarah’s own dark history,’ Heaven of Horror reports.
It concludes: ‘As a ghost from her past re-enters Sarah’s life, she struggles to cling to her distant young daughter.’
Despite the film’s success, Run Rabbit Run has been savaged by viewers and critics.
Fresh from her star-making turn in Succession, the 35-year-old is dominating Netflix’s streaming charts with Run Rabbit Run
The film, directed by Daina Reid, has received a barrage of negative reviews and a low 38 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes since it dropped on the streaming service on June 28.
One wrote on Twitter: ‘I’m not even halfway through Run Rabbit Run on Netflix and I don’t know how much more of this movie I can take.’
Another viewer added: ‘I watched Run Rabbit Run and I don’t understand why it’s the #1 movie on Netflix, maybe I missed something?’
A third chimed: ‘Just watched Run Rabbit Run on Netflix and it really is as bad as people say it is. So disappointing.’
‘If you ever want to waste almost 2 hours of ya life watch ‘Run Rabbit Run’ on Netflix,’ said another.
Despite the film’s success, Run Rabbit Run has been savaged by viewers and critics
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