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Jailbreak: Love on the Run
Crime · Documentary · 2024
An Alabama corrections officer falls in love with a man awaiting trial for murder and risks it all to help him escape.
Movie details
Jailbreak: Love on the Run
2024 Crime · Documentary 1h 29m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
An Alabama corrections officer falls in love with a man awaiting trial for murder and risks it all to help him escape.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Jailbreak: Love on the Run?
For the defence
The Auteur Devotee
“You watch the director, not the movie.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Dan Abrams
Vicky White
Self - Asst. Director of Corrections, Lauderdale County Detention Center, AL (archive footage)
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Casey White
Self - Inmate, Lauderdale County Detention Center, AL (archive footage)
Robin Roberts
Self (archive footage)
Duane 'Dog' Chapman
Self (archive footage)
Joy Behar
Self - Host, The Joy Behar Show (archive footage)
Court is in session
Put Jailbreak: Love on the Run on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.