German filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt’s “The Outrun,” starring Saoirse Ronan, is an addiction and rehab drama. It’s more or less worth seeing for Ronan’s great performance, otherwise much of the story felt very familiar to me. No U.S. distributor has stepped in to pick this one up and I can understand why — it doesn’t really have any awards prospects and the reviews have been good, but not great. Still, I’m sure someone will budge, maybe Vertical? Ketchup?
Paul Greengrass’ "The Uprising," starring Andrew Garfield, opened to $3.2M from 2,068 theaters this weekend. Yikes. The budget hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to be in the $20-$30M range.