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This review was originally published out of the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2024.
We are recirculating it now thatThe Outrunis in theaters.
We chart her characters progression through her eyes and her physicality.
In Orkney, its said that people whove drowned are turned into seals.
We call them selkies, Rona (Ronan) tells us in voice-over at the start of the film.
And they dance together naked in the moonlight.
Her friendly, stumbling, slurry energy immediately turns violent when the bouncer tries to escort her out.
Soon, shes face down in the street.
The film is, first and foremost, a visual and sonic experience.
We can lose ourselves in it.
I think were meant to.
But Ronas life back with her family is also full of turmoil.
What comes through in all their exchanges is how lonely all these people are.
Even as she goes nearly a year sober, we see that shes never at peace.
The film also presents these, via voice-over, archival footage, snapshots, and even animated passages.
